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VitaStim - Sludge Reducer - 48 Acre Lagoon System - Case Study
Challenge
A three lagoon system in central Illinois receiving 25,000 gpd was getting bad odors every spring during “turnover.” Turnover is when the water warms in the spring, lifting the compact sludge up. Their large lagoons were about 6ft deep with around 2ft of sludge. They have no aeration but enough wind action to give it white caps. They need to minimize the sludge buildup, but like every city they were on a budget. Hank, the public works director, began with skepticism, but that quickly turned around as his lagoons did.
Solution
They began adding 1 lbs a day of VitaStim Sludge Reducer per cell (VitaStim Polar in the winter).
Results
After a couple of months the odors started to subside, and within the first year they reduced 40% of sludge buildup, an equivalent to 3,000 truck loads. They continued the treatment with another 1,000 truckload reduction the following year. They continue to produce a superb effluent and have done a phenomenal job turning the system around.
