Halifax Orders 22 Monsters to Help Protect Local Harbour from Pollution
The Canadian city is building a wastewater treatment system to clean up pollution so recreation and water sports can return to the beautiful Halifax Harbour.
(PRWEB) June 9, 2005 -- Canadian contractor Black and McDonald has placed an
order for 22 Storm MonsterTM overflow screens from JWC Environmental for a
massive sewage treatment project that will serve the cities surrounding Halifax
Harbour, including Dartmouth, Herring Cove and Halifax.
During heavy rain
storms or overflow events the 22 Storm MonstersTM, each weighing over a ton and
some as long as 35 feet, will play a key role in protecting the harbour by
screening out municipal and industrial pollutants, discharging them into the
downstream sewage flow and preventing them from escaping into the
environment.
“The selection of the Storm MonsterTM was a combined effort
between ourselves, the general contractor and the design engineers, based on the
required performance specification,” said Robert Burns, the Project Team Leader
for Black & McDonald. “There were several items in the (JWC) design that
were superior to the other technologies.”
Storm MonsterTM is a
breakthrough technology in the combined stormwater overflow (CSO) marketplace
and provides outstanding capture efficiency and flow rates in an extremely
demanding application. Rotating perforated panels with ¼” (6mm) openings capture
pollutants and solids and move them to a solid-clad cleaning brush that returns
the solids to the downstream sewage flow for processing at the treatment plant.
Since the Storm MonsterTM allows flow to enter through the top, bottom and
front, it achieves nearly twice the flow rate of a single entry storm
screen.
Mr. Burns, who heads B&M’s Harbour Solutions Team in
Dartmouth, pointed to three key Storm MonsterTM features:
1) A perforated
plate screen for better capture efficiency, as opposed to a slotted bar
screen
2) Solids are moved downstream without removing, conveying or handling
screenings, as a raked bar screen would require
3) JWC Environmental’s
reputation for handling projects from start to finish
“We simply felt
more comfortable with JWC,” said Burns.
“We are proud to provide the
Storm MonsterTM CSO overflow screen for the Halifax Harbour Solutions Project,”
said Art Melanson, JWC’s Nova Scotia sales representative and Director of
Engineered & Environmental Products Company. “The overflow screens are a
crucial component of the project. Swimming will once again be possible and fun
at Point Pleasant Beach. It’s great to make a positive impact on the environment
and help improve the lifestyle of the people living here.”
Installation
of the Storm MonstersTM will begin this year. The massive project, initiated by
the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1997, includes the construction of three
wastewater treatment plants, a collection network through 3 communities, 22 CSO
chambers and several pump stations.
“The city overall is quite excited
about the project,” said Mr. Burns, a 25 year resident of Halifax. “The
expectations of the water quality have some in the city talking about applying
for international sailing events and the return of recreational activities on
the water.”
Advanced sewage treatment equipment is of vital and growing
importance to the world. JWC is a leading manufacturer of equipment for
wastewater treatment, solids reduction, solids removal and processing. The
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conditioning.
Our superior technology provides solutions for the most
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Founded in 1973, JWC Environmental and its worldwide family of employees are
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When it comes to the most demanding wastewater treatment challenges - you can
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