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SLUDGE-WASTING TANK
Westmoreland /Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority Plant Manager Darryl Wyke routinely checks the recently upgraded and expanded plant in Scottdale, PA, on Sept 3, 2021. The $16,000.000.00 project was comprised of $14,394,000.00 funded by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development RD as a 40-year loan at 2.375% along with a $2,000,000.00 grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility was upgraded to a sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment facility capable of treating an average daily dry-weather flow of 2.5 million gallons per day, and a daily wet-weather flow of 25.0 million gallons per day.
What was a field of trees three years ago, are now five tanks, each is 45' wide, 153' long, and 21' deep. Creating an approximate normal working capacity of 700,000 gallons each. This equals 50,000 gallons for every foot of depth in a single tank. The five tanks cover an area about the size of a football field.
Sequencing batch reactors are a fill-and-draw activated sludge system for wastewater treatment. In this system, wastewater is added continuously to the four reactors to feed the activated sludge biomass. The biomass uses aeration to breathe and move around. In this natural reaction, the biomass feeds on the nutrients that are broken down and then multiplies. During a settling cycle, the biomass sinks to the bottom of the reactor. The final effluent, on top, is then discharged during the decant cycle.
The excess biomass is pumped to a sludge-wasting tank where air is pumped through aerators on the bottom to bubble up through the biomass. The aeration keeps everything moving and mixing. This allows the microorganisms to stay in suspension to further digest the waste. Since there are no nutrients added to the wasting tank the microorganisms consume themselves or die off; a sign of this action is the brown foam floating in the tank.
The sludge from the wasting tank is pumped from the bottom of the tank to the belt press room. A coagulant known as polymer is added to make solid particles adhere together. The solids move along a perforated belt where gravity begins the separation process. The solids then move forward to the mechanical separation of solid particles from the liquid using roller-driven screens. The solid particles are then conveyed to a greenhouse for sun-drying, which is sent to a landfill in a stabilized state. The liquid from the belt filter pressing process is returned for retreatment with the plant’s influent.
Meanwhile, in the sequencing batch reactor tank, the processed water, free of solids, is decanted from the top levels of the reactor tank and passes numerous germicidal ultraviolet UV lights that break down the DNA of any remaining bacteria and eliminating any possible diseases before being discharged to Jacobs Creek; a tributary to the northward flowing Youghiogheny River, Monongahela River, and Ohio River; then travels south on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
He and his team test the discharge twice a week. All water that leaves the plant is within safe levels, even during storm surges. The water is so clean that 85% of the samples are below lab detectable levels.
Mr. Wyke enjoys his work and has a personal stake in maintaining safe results because the outflow is in the waterway that flows along the banks of his family home in the local area.
USDA Photo Media by Lance Cheung.
Ultimate Sludge
Sludge normally loves to get dirty in mud and tar pits, but I was fortunate to catch him after a bath. Sludge was built using an original Generation 1 figure, but mixed in with a variety of parts, giving sexy and nice articulation. I also gave him some eyeballs.
Sludge's articulation : At his shoulders (via ball joints), elbows (hinge joints), hands/wrists (hinge) hips (ball joints) knees (hinge joints) and head (peg)
Sludge was base coat painted with House of Kolors and detailed with Testors Model Masters (enamel) This version of the Dinobots, I went with a more metallic gold rather than the cartoonish yellow-gold used on the last set.
SLUDGE-WASTING TANK
Westmoreland /Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority Plant Manager Darryl Wyke routinely checks the recently upgraded and expanded plant in Scottdale, PA, on Sept 3, 2021. The $16,000.000.00 project was comprised of $14,394,000.00 funded by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development RD as a 40-year loan at 2.375% along with a $2,000,000.00 grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility was upgraded to a sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment facility capable of treating an average daily dry-weather flow of 2.5 million gallons per day, and a daily wet-weather flow of 25.0 million gallons per day.
What was a field of trees three years ago, are now five tanks, each is 45' wide, 153' long, and 21' deep. Creating an approximate normal working capacity of 700,000 gallons each. This equals 50,000 gallons for every foot of depth in a single tank. The five tanks cover an area about the size of a football field.
Sequencing batch reactors are a fill-and-draw activated sludge system for wastewater treatment. In this system, wastewater is added continuously to the four reactors to feed the activated sludge biomass. The biomass uses aeration to breathe and move around. In this natural reaction, the biomass feeds on the nutrients that are broken down and then multiplies. During a settling cycle, the biomass sinks to the bottom of the reactor. The final effluent, on top, is then discharged during the decant cycle.
The excess biomass is pumped to a sludge-wasting tank where air is pumped through aerators on the bottom to bubble up through the biomass. The aeration keeps everything moving and mixing. This allows the microorganisms to stay in suspension to further digest the waste. Since there are no nutrients added to the wasting tank the microorganisms consume themselves or die off; a sign of this action is the brown foam floating in the tank.
The sludge from the wasting tank is pumped from the bottom of the tank to the belt press room. A coagulant known as polymer is added to make solid particles adhere together. The solids move along a perforated belt where gravity begins the separation process. The solids then move forward to the mechanical separation of solid particles from the liquid using roller-driven screens. The solid particles are then conveyed to a greenhouse for sun-drying, which is sent to a landfill in a stabilized state. The liquid from the belt filter pressing process is returned for retreatment with the plant’s influent.
Meanwhile, in the sequencing batch reactor tank, the processed water, free of solids, is decanted from the top levels of the reactor tank and passes numerous germicidal ultraviolet UV lights that break down the DNA of any remaining bacteria and eliminating any possible diseases before being discharged to Jacobs Creek; a tributary to the northward flowing Youghiogheny River, Monongahela River, and Ohio River; then travels south on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
He and his team test the discharge twice a week. All water that leaves the plant is within safe levels, even during storm surges. The water is so clean that 85% of the samples are below lab detectable levels.
Mr. Wyke enjoys his work and has a personal stake in maintaining safe results because the outflow is in the waterway that flows along the banks of his family home in the local area.
USDA Photo Media by Lance Cheung.
Yet another EPA superfund site. Dredging and capping Passaic river...Cancer causing dioxin, PCBs, heavy metal etc etc. Quite a welcome sight really.
SLUDGE-WASTING TANK
Westmoreland /Fayette Municipal Sewage Authority Plant Manager Darryl Wyke routinely checks the recently upgraded and expanded plant in Scottdale, PA, on Sept 3, 2021. The $16,000.000.00 project was comprised of $14,394,000.00 funded by the United States Department of Agriculture USDA Rural Development RD as a 40-year loan at 2.375% along with a $2,000,000.00 grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The facility was upgraded to a sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment facility capable of treating an average daily dry-weather flow of 2.5 million gallons per day, and a daily wet-weather flow of 25.0 million gallons per day.
What was a field of trees three years ago, are now five tanks, each is 45' wide, 153' long, and 21' deep. Creating an approximate normal working capacity of 700,000 gallons each. This equals 50,000 gallons for every foot of depth in a single tank. The five tanks cover an area about the size of a football field.
Sequencing batch reactors are a fill-and-draw activated sludge system for wastewater treatment. In this system, wastewater is added continuously to the four reactors to feed the activated sludge biomass. The biomass uses aeration to breathe and move around. In this natural reaction, the biomass feeds on the nutrients that are broken down and then multiplies. During a settling cycle, the biomass sinks to the bottom of the reactor. The final effluent, on top, is then discharged during the decant cycle.
The excess biomass is pumped to a sludge-wasting tank where air is pumped through aerators on the bottom to bubble up through the biomass. The aeration keeps everything moving and mixing. This allows the microorganisms to stay in suspension to further digest the waste. Since there are no nutrients added to the wasting tank the microorganisms consume themselves or die off; a sign of this action is the brown foam floating in the tank.
The sludge from the wasting tank is pumped from the bottom of the tank to the belt press room. A coagulant known as polymer is added to make solid particles adhere together. The solids move along a perforated belt where gravity begins the separation process. The solids then move forward to the mechanical separation of solid particles from the liquid using roller-driven screens. The solid particles are then conveyed to a greenhouse for sun-drying, which is sent to a landfill in a stabilized state. The liquid from the belt filter pressing process is returned for retreatment with the plant’s influent.
Meanwhile, in the sequencing batch reactor tank, the processed water, free of solids, is decanted from the top levels of the reactor tank and passes numerous germicidal ultraviolet UV lights that break down the DNA of any remaining bacteria and eliminating any possible diseases before being discharged to Jacobs Creek; a tributary to the northward flowing Youghiogheny River, Monongahela River, and Ohio River; then travels south on the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
He and his team test the discharge twice a week. All water that leaves the plant is within safe levels, even during storm surges. The water is so clean that 85% of the samples are below lab detectable levels.
Mr. Wyke enjoys his work and has a personal stake in maintaining safe results because the outflow is in the waterway that flows along the banks of his family home in the local area.
USDA Photo Media by Lance Cheung.
立法會工務小組委員會參觀屯門污泥處理設施
立法会工务小组委员会参观屯门污泥处理设施
LegCo Public Works Subcommittee visits the Sludge Treatment Facility in Tuen Mun (2015.06.27)
Sludge blocked this drain line up and caused the safety switch to shut the air conditioner down repeatedly. The home owner thought they were in for a costly repair, but, once the drain was clear, the a/c continued working like a champ!
NYC-DEP Marine Section uses four sludge vessels (Newtown Creek, North River, Owls Head and Red Hook) for the transportation of liquid sludge from wastewater treatment plants without dewatering capabilities.
Sludge is the first decent Classics version of the Transformers Dinobot from Generation 1. Produced by the third-party called Fansproject, he's roughly voyager class sized. Pictured in robot mode.
Officially called Columpio (LER-01), he came packaged with a little mini-figure called Drepan (not pictured).
He is quite good, with only a few small issues. His core weapons are great, he just can't hold them that well.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the Dinobot crew from FP.
I wondering what effect these fires are having on the ocean ecosystem, which we can only glimpse from the surface?
The Toxos are to late. All the sludge has seeped into the ground. All they can do now is wait and report there findings! It could take years maybe even a decade, or they can see the effects over night. They wild life dies slowly but surely. The trees start falling over one at a time. Sometime there's even a domino effect. Thats what happens when you poison it all.
Just having fun with some of the new vehicles from my new haul. Trying not to post all my new findings, this one was a huge haul so i didnt wanna brag don't wanna piss people off to bad! lol seems like I always manage to loss the few friends I have!
but I will be getting rid of alot of stuff from the haul. Wifey says two of every fig is pushin it so three aint gonna happen! lol
theres an almost complete mamba missing the rotors, pieces to a stunn like wheel cover red coverings ect, pieces to a 92 base headquartes not sure if complete a little ugly, all this stuff will go for pretty cheap make me an offer. im talk money though im broke! :)
an old school awe striker ect. probably post the stuff ima sell!
Nombre: Sludge
Afiliación: Autobots
Línea: G1
Año: 1985
Número de adquisición: 163
Sludge es uno de los Dinobots de 1985. Está incompleto pero en muy buen estado, solo tiene un problema en una pierna del dinosaurio.
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Name: Sludge
Allegiance: Autobots
Line: G1
Year: 1985
Number in Collection: 163
Sludge is one of the Dinobots from 1985. He's incomplete, but in a good condition, only has a problem in one of the dinosaur legs.
PISSED JEANS
Hardcore quartet Pissed Jeans' rock is sourced in the early-80s loose-booty sludge of Flipper and Black Flag, the tightly wound treble-spray of late-80s/early-90s noise-rock such as Drunks With Guns and the Jesus Lizard. Whereas Drunks With Guns and Flipper often dealt with chemical-induced nihilism in their lyrics, Pissed Jeans rally against bad weather and sing about overeating to deal with emotions. They’re human. They will appeal to anyone who’s ever crapped their pants and can admit it. Having a sense of shame is critical in appreciation of shit like this.
TROPICS
People from Bullet Union and An Emergency doing a Jehu / Unwound thing!
STOMACH
Man is the Bastard-esque Party Sludge!
Please visit the original site with music!
www.kallopeter.hu/iszap_en.html
That morning in the alehouse none of them would have guessed they will lose all they had by the time night falls. Last night's election was the hot topic, when all of the sudden the sludge painted their lives red. It ate away the streets, houses, animals, vineyards, breathing nature. Causing permanent scars on body and soul. Two meters high. Making houses uninhabitable. The places they used to call their home.
And killing the neighbors they once had.
The scatching lye became their fate, still leaving them human. Standing two feet on the ground, holding onto life with both hands, with a mighty heart... and a smile on their faces.
Do they have anything left? Soul and memories. Dignity.
Objects surrounding us are just objects. They will only be important after they are gone. Just a smile and few kind words do stay with us.
Waukegan Electric Generating plant owned by Edison International and located at 401E. Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan, Illinois.
Right nearby is Lake Michigan, Waukegan beach recreation area, downtown Waukegan, parks, schools, playgrounds and neighborhoods.
Demographics of the three mile area near the plant: average income $16,197; population of 67,776 people; 72.1% Latino; 18.7% African American.
Emissions as of 2006: Carbon Dioxide 4,829,238 tons; SO2 11,815 tons; mercury 4,940 tons.
Health costs in human terms every year from this plant alone: 34 deaths, 54 heart attacks, 570 asthma attacks, 25 hospital admissions, 25 chronic bronchitis episodes, and 35 ER admissions for asthma attacks.
The company says that "it believes it is demonstrating environmental responsibility, and that it is being targeted unfairly.
Information taken from sourcewatch.org.
The Autobot Jazz attempts to salvage Energon from the stasis-locked Autobot Sludge left abandoned at the Undercity Sewers.
From Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.
Private Richard Kerr, an Army Reserve soldier from A Company, 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment (A Coy, 9RQR), works up a sweat as he tackles the huge task of clearing sludge and mud from a major intersection in West End, Brisbane. 9RQR are assisting the Queensland emergency services as part of Operation Queensland Flood Assist, the Australian Defence Force 's commitment to the flood relief effort.
Australian Defence Force personnel from 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment, 25/49 Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment and the 1st Signal Regiment, are supporting the Queensland Emergency Services by providing assistance to the flood-affected population of Brisbane. This support is being provided as part of the Australian Defence Force commitment to Operation Queensland Flood Assist. Tasks undertaken by the Reservists include road clearances, delivery of food to those cut-off by floodwaters, removal of water-damaged home contents, provision of first aid, route reconnaissance and assisting with the transport of emergency services personnel.
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Photographer: CPL Janine Fabre
Image 20110114adf8270845_069 from images.defence.gov.au
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Photo of a sludge dam near the mountaintop removal mining site at the mountain near Kirk, in Mingo County, West Virginia.
Appalachian Voices flight courtesy of SouthWings. photo by Kent Kessinger
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This picture is part of the National Memorials for the Mountains photo stream, hosted by www.ilovemountains.org.