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•Case Study: AquaSBR® System Achieves 96% BOD Removal At Rutter's Dairy

Rutter's Dairy, located in York, Pennsylvania is operated as a pretreatment system prior to discharge to the municipal sewers. Before the installation of an AquaSBR system, Rutter's Dairy was discharging its wastewater directly to the municipality. Like many other food processors throughout the United States, Rutter's Dairy was assessed high municipal surcharges when wastewater BOD₅ and TSS exceeded 300 mg/l.

The dairy plant processes over 22,000 gallons of milk, 12,000 gallons of processed drinks such as punch and lemonade, and 1300 gallons of ice cream EACH DAY. Not to mention the other products produced on a daily basis: butter, yogurt, creamers, and cottage cheese. Rutter's Dairy serves the dairy market from York, Pennsylvania to Maryland, Delaware and Washington, DC and is still growing. Bottling of the plant's products is also done at the facility to assure maximum quality and freshness.

According to Maintenance Supervisor, Don Loucks, "We were in the same situation as many other food processing plants. Surcharges were so high that we were forced to install a pretreatment system, but we couldn't afford the expense of installing a conventional system. We certainly didn't have anyone at the dairy who could operate a complicated system either." The solution to the problem of high surcharges and complicated treatment plant operation came with the installation of the AquaSBR system in the fall of 1987. Since its installation, the AquaSBR system has achieved 96% BOD removal.

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•Case Study: AquaSBR® System Achieves 96% BOD Removal At Rutter's Dairy