Brewery Installs Complete Aerobic Treatment System To Meet City Requirements

Worthy Brewing approached ClearBlu Environmental at the 2011 Craft Brewers Conference. The brewery was still in its planning stages, but knew that some extent of wastewater treatment would need to be incorporated to satisfy city requirements. ClearBlu worked closely with the facility’s architect and engineers to incorporate plans and allocate space for a complete aerobic treatment system at the facility. Upon startup, the brewery was only required to implement a pre-treatment system, which includes solids screening, settling, and automatic pH balancing. They have all ruggedized equipment that will support their system through the brewery’s expected expansion. Duplex lift stations with high temp, stainless steel pumps are designed to work with the high temperature, acidic water produced by brewery. The hydroscreen includes automatic spraybars for self cleaning and is designed with 0.5 mm wedgewire for maximum removal of particulate matter. The cone bottom settling tank is equipped with an automatic pinch valve that will purge settled sludgy material into dewatering hoppers. pH balancing equipment includes digital controls and a self cleaning probe to ensure accurate pH readings and to prevent over or under dosing of correction chemical. The system has audible and visual alarms incorporated to quickly alert the facility if something is wrong.