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We manufacture, sell, service, and rent centrifuges, and dredges including all associated equipment for drill mud, H.D.D. rigs,
sumpless drilling and dewatering of industrial and municipal sludges and Hydrovac slurry.
OIL & GAS
Our centrifuge packages ensure formation solids are removed from the drilling mud economically and efficiently with barite recovery options. With our complete dewatering packages, we perform the procedures necessary to ensure uninterrupted operation for the drilling company.
Sump dewatering service creates a stackable solid(s) that is easy to handle. This creates a manageable product that can be shipped economically or easily disposed of, providing a much more effective alternative to sludge.
Municipal & Industrial Lagoons
Water Treatment and Waste Water Lagoon Dredging and de-watering
Our complete dewatering package produces a workable solid that can be stored or moved. Whether the product is composted, landfilled or used as day cover, it adds economic value to our environment.
During the solids removable process, all reclaimable water is salvaged ensuring proper uninterrupted wastewater management. The reclaimed water is cleaned to meet all provincial environmental water quality standards.
Taber Solids Control is dedicated to finding environmentally acceptable solutions, through innovative research and development. Contact us today.
Dewatered Sludge Disposal
Sludge is what is left over after sewage has been treated at any wastewater treatment plant. Sewage sludge is any solid, semisolid or slurry residue material left as a by-product of wastewater treatment processes. Wastewater undergoes various complex processes at a treatment plant so that it can safely go back into the environment. While treatment plants do a good job of cleaning and recycling the water, the sewage sludge, or biosolids, still need to be
processed.
There are many different kinds of disposal and treatment methods available in wastewater treatment plants. Technology has helped us develop sustainable methods of disposal, but there are still opportunities to improve and maximize biosolids value-added as a product. Keep reading to learn more about the most commonly used methods to dispose of sewage sludge today.
Landfill
Disposing of sludge in a landfill is safe and reliable, however, it does fall a bit short in that it disregards the nutrients and organic matter that the sludge has. Much of these nutrients are non-renewable and require resources to produce more. If we can find a way to place these nutrients back into the environment, it would be a great sustainable alternative and would also help avoid taking up room in a landfill.
Hauling wet sludge to the landfill is also costly and uses a lot of energy.
Incineration
Wastewater treatment sludge can be incinerated as a method of disposal using an incinerator. This is a particularly valuable approach when there is limited available land. While the sludge is converted to ash that has nutrients, the metal content in it does limit its marketability. In addition, air quality and permits also make this method less common.
Composting
Composting is an affordable method for processing wastewater sludge. However, it does require a lot of land and at least six weeks for processing. One of the biggest disadvantages is that the resulting product cannot be resold for much, about $10 to $20 per tonne. But it does produce a wonderful soil additive that is rich in nutrients and organic matter.
Drying and Granulation
For many wastewater treatment plants, the preferred solution for dealing with sludge processing is in using it to produce high-value fertilizer granules. A granulation facility can produce high- quality fertilizer granule from the sludge.
Many older wastewater treatment plants need upgrading when it comes to processing wastewater sludge. However, this may not always be feasible because of limited space. As a result, there are certain solutions that have been developed that improve treatment without needing more land area. These include the bioreactor process, the ballasted floc reactor, and the integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) process.
For more information about dewatering in Alberta, British Columbia, or Saskatchewan, contact
Edmonton-based Taber Solids Control today.
Wastewater Treatment
There is an untapped wealth found in wastewater. Experts believe that the government has been viewing the wastewater treatment process incorrectly for a very long time. We need to stop looking at wastewater management from a cost point of view, and begin to view it from an energy recovery point of view.
There is a significant opportunity that lies within the potential to convert biosolids or biogas into energy. This energy could then be used to run the wastewater treatment facility itself or sell the leftover energy into the power grid to offset energy costs. Creating this type of closed-loop system in terms of energy generation and usage is a solution rooted in the past and in the future. For example, look at Toronto’s Humber Treatment Plant, where they run their aeration with energy created within the facility itself. Experts would like to see municipalities aiming to capture, create and use energy once again.
From the environmental perspective, this approach can have a net positive impact if one considers that biogases are burned off.
