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August 5, 2008
Siemens Water Technologies will provide secondary clarification systems for the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District's North Secondary Treatment Complex Improvements Project in Denver, according to a press release.
The plant upgrade will include 12 130-foot diameter Tow-Bro clarifier mechanisms for secondary treatment. The new clarifiers will improve performance over the existing organ pipe type clarifiers – specifically, improved energy dissipation and velocity profile control, improved flocculation, and even sludge withdrawal, particularly important under poor solids settling conditions.
The project is scheduled for completion in 2012.
American Rivers, a river conservation organization, recently commended the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority for promoting water efficiency as the first source of supply in its recently released study,