Featured Case Studies and Articles

  1. How To Optimize Your Grinder 7/2/2024

    While grinders have a reputation for being an install-and-forget technology, they can still be optimized and maintained for peak performance.

  2. Protecting Wastewater Treatment Equipment And Improving The Bottom Line With Septage Receiving Stations 6/26/2023

    Learn about a solution that employs a combination of grinding, solids removal, washing, and dewatering, and enables a typical septage truck to unload in 5 to 15 minutes. 

  3. Does Grinding Create Microplastics? 6/7/2023

    Some industry professionals have concluded eliminating the use of grinders will prevent microplastics from entering the water cycle. This thinking is wrong for a range of reasons.

  4. Kearney, MO, Wipes Up Treatment Trouble With Brushless Screening 4/10/2023

    When the Kearney, MO wastewater treatment plant began plans to upgrade its headworks they choose JWC Environmental’s Brushless Finescreen Monster to replace its old coarse screen.

  5. Abrasion- And Corrosion-Resistant Metal Cutters For Harsh Sewage Grinder Environments 9/8/2021

    Wastewater is tough on grinder cutters. Damaging abrasion wear and metal corrosion are caused by daily gritty material and acidic conditions in sewage. The combination of an abrasive and corrosive environment accelerates the loss of cutter material, resulting in the loss of cutter thickness and tooth edges.

  6. What Is Monster Stack? 9/7/2021

    A JWC Monster Stack is a customized cutter stack that matches the right cutters to the expected challenges in the operational environment. As JWC uses individual cutters for its grinders, it is possible to mix different cutter types in the stack, and those changes can happen anywhere along the stack.

  7. How Cutter Choice And Placement Impact Wastewater Grinder Performance 8/18/2021

    Not all tools have the flexibility to be configured to optimize performance. It pays to evaluate the wastewater flow approaching the grinder, as well as the cutter configuration.

  8. Prefabricated Space-Saving Solutions To Sewage System Clogging 8/4/2021

    Adapting to changes in sewage system demands over time is never easy due to the cost and complexities of modifying buried infrastructure.

  9. Reducing Emergency Sewer Repairs 5/6/2021

    Wastewater treatment plant operators have dealt with clogging problems at their plants and pump stations for decades, but the meteoric rise in the use of disposable wipes and other non-dispersible products has accelerated the problem to epidemic proportions.

  10. Wastewater Is Changing: Are You Protected? 6/22/2020

    Today’s wastewater stream is dramatically different than its content just a decade ago. Yet, many municipal wastewater treatment plants are functioning under older designs and are not optimized for the new reality. There are solutions to attack the problem without the significant expense of a major system or plant overhaul.