[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - June 7, 2010

[Brian Gongol]

Thanks for reading this week's edition of our weekly water news report. 
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Highlights from the past week
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Spring was exceptionally quiet around here, but summer has arrived with 
a fury:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/01/

Our new display debuts at the IWPCA convention:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/02/

A drought-related food crisis strikes a population as large as Michigan's:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/03/

EPA opens comment period for sanitary sewer overflows:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/06/04/

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Featured product: Grit traps
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The first line of defense for many wastewater treatment plants is the 
headworks, where large debris and inorganic materials are removed from 
the incoming water so they can be kept out of the treatment system.  An 
essential part of the headworks mix is the grit trap, and our firm has 
had a major influence over the way grit traps are operated.

We were the first to apply self-priming pumps to the task of grit 
removal from grit traps, and that innovation has found its way into 
common use throughout the industry.  Self-priming pumps are capable of 
extracting rocks and sand from grit traps and depositing them in 
separating and washing equipment for proper disposal.  The use of 
self-priming pumps in this type of application results in lower 
maintenance and greater safety for the operator than many of the older 
approaches.

Grit traps come in a variety of designs, but it has been our practical 
experience that an effective grit trap is designed to induce the 
settling of solids without gimmicks. We like the Waste-Tech/Kusters-Zima 
low-RPM design with an available submersible gearhead.

If you'd like to know more, please visit 
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/grittraps or call us at 515-223-4144 and ask 
for details.


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