Evoqua to supply BioMag system to wastewater treatment plants in US

Evoqua Water Technologies’ Municipal Products and Services division will supply its BioMag ballasted biological treatment system to wastewater treatment plants of five US municipalities.

The combined value of the orders is over $20m.

The BioMag system will help enhance the treatment capacity of these plants as well as assist the municipalities in meeting the stringent nutrient removal limits.

This biological treatment system uses fine particles of iron ore, called magnetite, which can pass through a biological floc to make it heavier and quicken the treatment process.

The system is claimed to deliver a reliable floc settling, thereby allowing capacity expansion and performance improvement with minimal plant modifications at the lowest cost possible.

Evoqua Water Technologies will supply BioMag system for the improvement and expansion of the wastewater treatment facilities in Front Royal, Virginia; Highfield-Cascade and Taneytown, Maryland; East Norriton Township, Pennsylvania; and Berkeley, West Virginia.

Evoqua will provide products such as Jet Tech’s Vari-cant Jet Aeration System, BioMag System and Envirex brand primary and secondary clarifiers to the Front Royal plant.

The Winebrenner Wastewater Treatment facility in Cascade will be upgraded with the BioMag System to meet the new nutrient removal limits.

The Taneytown plant, which is equipped with two sequencing batch reactors (SBRs), will be improved to meet new nutrient removal standards while using existing tankage.

Evoqua’s solution to the East Norriton facility is expected to enhance the capacity of the existing bioreactors and secondary clarifiers by about 70%.

Four West Virginia SBR facilities in the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District will be upgraded with the BioMag System.