Modular Water Systems’ Heavy Duty Plastics
Met Corrosion Resistance Specs
Conventional Construction Materials Couldn’t
Concrete, Steel or Fiberglass Wouldn’t Do
THE PROBLEM
An industrial customer in the Midwest treating landfill leachate, urgently needed wastewater treatment plant components capable of processing the most highly toxic effluents. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency had already cited them on multiple violation points for failing to meet state effluence-regulation standards, in particular exceeding permitted daily maximum and monthly average ammonia loading limits. The facilities fundamental problem however, was that due to the highly corrosive characteristic of the wastewater being treated the conventional concrete and steel applications that had been used over past years were decomposing, resulting in performance failure. More importantly perhaps, they had failed to find any acceptable alternatives. The situation was meeting a deadend, prohibiting them from complying with required standards.
THE SOLUTION
Fortunately, the Engineer Of Record (EOR) they had hired for the project knew about corrosion-resistant High Density PolyEthylene (HDPE) components and designed a wastewater collection system for the customer specifying this type of heavy-plastic infrastructure to replace the existing collection and conveyance systems that were failing. Modular Water Systems (MWS) responded with our bid and was chosen as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).
THE RESULT
MWS confidently solved this particular project requirement for extreme durability by doing what we always do, supplying proven, reliable, standardized products engineered to meet and manage the specified wastewater treatment demand. In this case, MWS recommended installation of twin, extremely corrosion resistant, Structurally Reinforced ThermoPlastic (SRTP) packaged lift stations, the ideal system solution. The systems were completed and fully packaged in our fabrication facilities, trucked in and rapidly installed within days.
EVERAMOD WASTEWATER LIFT STATIONS
Robust — Corrosion Resistant Durability
Two (2) 60-inch Diameter Pump Station Structures x 10’ D structurally reinforced thermoplastic (SRTP) risers. Each HDPE structure has a minimum capacity of approximately 1000 gallons and are 5 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep and offer:
Factory Prepackaged
- Aluminum Access Hatches
- HDPE mushroom vents with insect screens
- Inlets with Reinforced Flexible Couplings
- PVC Discharge Pipes with fittings
- HDPE sleeves with Linkseal couplings
- HDPE Stainless steel fully rated electrical connections
- Stainless Steel Guide Rails
- Access ladders fabricated from corrosion resistant materials
- Units competently anchored to prevent floatation and deflection
- Extrusion welded inlets and outlets on both the inside and outside of the structure
- Centrifugal non-clogging submersible pumps suitable for pumping treated leachate containing minimal solids
- Heavy duty cast iron, water-tight, frames and covers set in reinforced concrete pads
- Flanged inlet and outlet stub connections with ductile iron backup rings
LEADING NEXT-GENERATION WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION
Dan Early leads Modular Water Systems design, engineering and product development initiatives. Throughout the majority of his professional career his focus has been dedicated to creating a new generation of sustainable water and wastewater treatment infrastructure which has singled him out as an industry leader. These initiatives and innovations led to the granting of six patents issued in his name for various related inventions and represent the basis of the Modular Water’ product line.
Dan’s strong understanding of the complex and interconnected disciplines, economies, and governmental regulations required coupled with his determination to simplify and standardize wastewater management processes, are steadily elevating industry recognition and demand for MWS solutions.
CONCLUSION
Modular Water Systems (MWS) innovative use of heavy plastics manufacturing and development of its fully engineered and factory prepackaged product line is changing the way wastewater infrastructure is viewed and revolutionizing the approach to wastewater management.
With the capability to select from a standardized series of products that embrace the most common and routine project application requirements that specifying and consulting engineers are routinely faced with solving, there is a steadily growing demand for Modular Water Systems products and wastewater solutions, with MWS more and more consistently being selected as the basis of design by project engineers and end-user clients.
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CARBON LIMESTONE
HISTORICAL INTEREST
The Carbon Limestone Company was founded as a private firm in Lowellville, Ohio, sometime in the 1880’s to mine the abundant limestone fields discovered in the hills west-southwest of Hillsville, PA and ran most of its operations out of a large processing plant near Hillsville. Its mining operations stretched over a wide area on both sides of the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. Carbon Limestone produced limestone materials for use in the steel industry, but also sold commercial-grade coal and fertilizer. A unique narrow-gauge railway carried limestone from the outlying mines. (READ MORE)
The decline in the steel industry in the 1970’s began a steady decline for the firm which was fully closed in November 1983. After changing ownership several times, the former mines turned into a massive sanitary landfill and by 1989 the landfill was taking in an estimated 95% of all garbage produced in Lawrence County. The old Carbon Limestone processing plant near Hillsville still sits vacant.