With the tightening of environmental regulations, urban population growth and escalating energy costs, soaring sludge disposal costs is not a trend; it is a reality that municipal WWTPs operators face on a daily basis.
Eimco Water Technologies linear electro-dewatering provides a solution for municipalities which seek sustainable development, because:
- disposal costs are typically reduced by over 50%;
- pathogens found in sludge are eliminated simultaneously with dewatering, thereby greatly facilitating agricultural biosolid recycling;
- reducing and often eliminating the need for sludge dryers which overuse energy;
- energy recovery becomes an economically viable alternative, as electro-dewatered municipal sludge sustain autogenous combustion.
Even though electro-dewatering can dewater all types of municipal sludge, it is particularly attractive from an economic standpoint for sludge which are difficult to dewater. Fine-particle, biological and digested sludge therefore benefit considerably from the advantages of Elcotech's linear electro-dewatering technology.
To find out more about the potential advantages of Eimco Water Technologies CINETIK™ linear electro-dewatering for your municipal applications, contact one of our representatives and we will be delighted to help you analyze how electro-dewatering can reduce your operating costs while meeting the strictest environmental regulations.