The Top Seven Ways The STRAINPRESS® Helps With Digester Debris Issues

Costing into the hundreds of thousands of dollars for facilities annually, digester cleaning is expensive, time-consuming, and nasty business. Usually, each digester at a wastewater treatment plant is budgeted for a 2-5 year cycle between cleanings.  However, many facilities run into digester issues well before the intended time. Trash, rags, hair, and debris all collect in digester basins, pumps, heat exchangers, and pipes causing the need for unscheduled maintenance in as little as a single month.

While the issue of digester debris can often be tied to infective headworks at a plant, it’s not usually enough to justify an intensive headworks revamp on its own. Digester debris calls for a simple, quick, and relatively inexpensive fix that doesn’t require a lot of staff intervention or plant modifications. The solution to digester debris is a HUBER Sludge Cleaner STRAINPRESS®