WET WELL WIZARD Wastewater Collection System Aeration Brochure

Every modern town or city has a wastewater collection system of some type. The wastewater collection system is the conduit for used water, both sanitary and gray (relatively clean, including storm water) water, which initiates at the individual homes and businesses in the community. A primary part of the wastewater collection system is a number of “wet wells” that are used as wastewater collection points, or intercepts, from community neighborhoods. Often, lift stations, complete with large electric waste pumps, are used to keep the water moving to the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

There are numerous daily problems to deal with for Operations personnel responsible for the maintenance and continued operation of any wastewater collection system. But the major problems are odors from the wet wells and a collection of FOG (fats, oils and grease) masses which solidify on top of the water in the wells. Water in these wells can sit for hours without movement, which results in a buildup of H2S gas that can become dangerous, but always emits an odor, both in the wet well itself and the conduit lines leading downstream. Billions of dollars per year are spent by communities in attempts to eliminate the odors which cause over three quarters of the community’s nuisance complaint calls each year. H2S gas is also very corrosive to the piping and concrete used in construction of the wastewater collection system, often reducing its useful life by years.

Reliant Water’s WET WELL WIZARD is a cost effective and reliable answer to this odor and FOG problem.