Surpassing Tomorrow's Standards with Today's Lagoons – Performance of an Innovative Sequencing Batch Aerated Lagoon (SBAL) Process An innovative, cost-effective lagoon system, sequencing batch aerated lagoon (SBAL) process, developed by Iowa State university and SEA Solutions, Inc., aims to do dis...
For aerobic treatment to take place, the wastewater treatment plant must-have equipment that can supply oxygen and incorporate it into the wastewater in a process known as aeration. The plant may have lagoons with surface aerators to mix air into the water. Or it may use aeration tanks full ...
Within the 2.3-acre plant, which smells lightly of ammonia, giant rotating spindles turn steaming-hot septic sludge and biosolids from local wastewater treatment plants into what an engineer calls “poop crepes.” Giant scrapers then deposit the baked biomatter onto a combination conveyor belt and d...
By this time, it is nearly 3:00pm and I’m antsy to get to the highlight of the tour, the Big and Small Lagoons. But first, Shimizu Island We make one more stop for snorkeling just off Shimizu Island. We don’t go ashore at Shimizu but we do spot a large monitor lizard walking...