Post by: AngelOfThyNight on March 18, 2016, 11:03:27 AM
Failing.David Bruketta, Carson City utility manager, uses the word repeatedly during an hour-long tour of the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility. As in: “All the mixing equipment is failing. If we can’t treat solids we have a problem.” Or, similarly, “electrical controls so outdated we can’t get parts for it,” he says, and sludge heaters that are “well beyond their useful life.” Three years ago, the back of a sludge heater blew off. The equipment heats up solids to help break them down and uses methane gas produced in the process, which is both combustible and corrosive. The solid-pipe railing …
Source: Carson City Water Resource Recovery Facility to see $30 million in improvements (http://www.NevadaAppeal.com/news/local/21049415-113/carson-city-water-resource-recovery-facility-to-see?utm_source=swift_rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss-referrals&utm_section=Local)