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DO, BOD and COD: What is the Difference?
In my previous role working with the JMS Eco-AIR (Low Profile Cascade Aerator) at wastewater treatment plants, I had the opportunity to speak with operators about the quality of processed wastewater leaving their plants. Often we discussed the Dissolved Oxygen content...
Paddle Wheel Flocculator Maintenance
You just don’t think about flocculator maintenance too often as flocculators are proven pieces of equipment and seem to run day in and day out for years, even decades. Flocculators are, however, rotating equipment with moving parts both above and below the water...
Shafted Grit Classifier vs Shaftless Grit Classifier
Grit Classifiers, also known as a grit screws or grit separators, are used at wastewater treatment plants at the headworks (front end of the plant) to help separate the grit from organics and water. Grit removal needs to be performed at the headworks of plants...
Types of Vertical Flocculators
One of the key components in the water treatment process, flocculation, is most effective when the functions of fluid motion, differential settling, and velocity gradient (during each stage of the process) work in harmony to achieve the ultimate goal: maximizing...
Typical Cost of Material Handling Systems
Municipal Utilities are increasingly investing in automated material handling systems to solve simple to complex bio-solids management challenges. JMS Bio-HANDLING Systems utilize a combination of material handling products, processes and experience together to...
Screw Conveyor Basics: Screw Conveyor Fill Rate
Screw conveyors are a standard means of conveyance in Water and Waste Water Treatment (W&WWT) plant applications. They are completely enclosed, have few moving parts, and have a relatively small cross-sectional area as opposed to belt conveyors which are typically...
Top Paddle Wheel Flocculator Manufacturers
Paddle wheel floccutors are one of the most popular style of flocculators used in water treatment plants around the world. Flocculators are used to help with large size particles known as flocs have a higher density, and hence a higher settling rate. Both Impeller...
Key Equipment for the Separation Process Presentation
Watch this JMS Presentation on “Key Equipment for the Separation Process” presented by Jim Brettman, Product Manager with JMS. Jim talks about some of the key equipment used for separation processes in a wastewater or water treatment plant...
Estimated Life Span for Flocculator Bearing Components
Simple bearings just don’t sound exciting. But don’t let the word “simple” fool you. There is a lot more to bearing technology than appears on the surface, and a poorly operating bearing can result in less than optimal performance, and even equipment...
Types of Flocculators for Water Treatment Plants Presentation
Watch this JMS Presentation on “Types of Flocculators for Water Treatment Plants.” Josh Franks, P.E., Senior Application Engineer from JMS, talks about the current flocculator technologies, the pros and cons of each, and which technology...