The Water Online Show: Orege North America

Belt filter press design has changed little in years: belts, plows, gravity section, wedge zone, pressure rollers. Eddie Johnson of Orege joins Angela Godman of Water Online to explain why his company stopped selling capital equipment and moved entirely to rentals, and what it built with a dewatering partner to break the pattern. The conversation covers a pilot unit tested across 20 plants, a surprising comparison with larger presses that are run slowly to chase dryness, and the hauling and polymer economics that follow. It also looks at how rental works for municipal upgrades and for industrial operators changing sludge disposal.

Watch the interview to hear how the approach holds up in the field.