Winter Biosolids Dewatering with Geotube® Containers in a Drying Bed
Winter biosolids dewatering was used at a Kentucky wastewater treatment plant to manage biosolids during the winter months when traditional…
Dewatering Residuals At A Minnesota Coal Fired Power Plant
WaterSolve supported the dewatering of settling pond residuals at a Minnesota coal-fired power plant using geotextile tube dewatering…
Removing Sediment From a Michigan Landfills Settling Pond
A Michigan landfill partnered with WaterSolve to remove and dewater pond sediment using Geotube technology and Solve 137 polymer, achieving…
Biosolids Dewatering and Long-Term Facility Solution at Idaho WWTP
An Idaho WWTP replaced sand beds with Geotube biosolids dewatering, improving winter performance and building a long-term facility for…
Cost-Effective Biosolids Dewatering Using Geotube® at Idaho WWTP
A wastewater treatment plant in Idaho partnered with Clearwater Dewatering and WaterSolve to find a cost-effective way to dewater…
Idaho WWTP Winter Dewatering of Biosolids
An Idaho Wastewater Treatment Plant partnered with WaterSolve and Clearwater Dewatering to implement Geotube® dewatering during the winter…
Montana Municipality Refine Biosolids
A municipal wastewater plant in Idaho partnered with WaterSolve and Clearwater Dewatering to manage biosolids through the winter using…
Idaho WWTP Solves Their Solids Problem
After Priest River WWTP lost its biosolids hauling contract, WaterSolve and Clearwater Dewatering provided a Geotube® dewatering system…
Dewatering Housing Community WWTP
When the Rapid River Housing Community WWTP lost its biosolids hauling contract, WaterSolve and Clearwater Dewatering provided a Geotube®…
Environmental Cleanup of the Whitefish River
The Whitefish River dewatering project in Montana successfully removed diesel- and solvent-contaminated sediment using WaterSolve’s polymer…
Idaho Biosolids Dewatering During Winter Months
The City of Winchester, Idaho faced challenges with labor-intensive biosolids handling at their wastewater treatment plant. By switching…
Dredging Delaware Industrial Settling Pond Residual to a Belt Press
WaterSolve partnered with a dredging contractor at a Delaware chemical plant to remove and dewater settling pond sediment. Using a belt…
Tennessee Pond Sediment Removal Using Mini Dredge
WaterSolve successfully dredged a Tennessee pond using a Pirana Mini-Dredge and Geotube® system. The project removed sediment efficiently,…
Removing Sediment From A Kentucky Water Treatment Settling Pond
When rainy weather made land application impossible, a Kentucky water treatment plant turned to Geotube® dewatering as a reliable backup…
Dewatering Indiana City’s Pipeline Flush Residuals
When a water treatment plant in Indiana faced restricted flow from pipeline residual buildup, WaterSolve provided a complete solution using…
Capturing Industrial Well Water Residuals with a Geotube®
This industrial site was required to pump 250-gpm of water non-stop from a well on site. Caustic was added to raise the pH of the water…
Dewatering Wastewater Residuals in Existing Drying Bed
WWTP chose to dewater their residuals with WaterSolve’s chemistry and Geotube® system. The application was installed to provide for…
Dredging and Dewatering Biosolids
In the state of Washington , a wastewater treatment facility’s lagoon system had biosolids buildup. They were remote from any farmland or…
Diver-Assisted Pond Dredging and Dewatering Project in Ohio
WaterSolve was tasked to remove sediment from 2 ponds owned by a homeowners association. Mechanical excavating near homes was not an…
Southern California Water Reclamation Facility
Water reclaim facility was using centrifuge unit to dewater their sludge. WaterSolve LLC and Waterways Protection discuss the use of…
Emergency Dewatering of Biosolids
Due to persistent rains the WWTP was reaching full capacity. The facility needed to dewater enough biosolids from their storage facilities…
Dewatering of Biosolids from Montana Lagoon
This rural town in Montana had a buildup of biosolids in the primary aeration lagoon at their wastewater treatment facility. The state…
Malibu Marine Restoration Project
In early 2009, engineers were tasked to design a marine restoration project to protect coastal properties atop coastal bluffs in Malibu.…
Dredging and Dewatering Contaminated Creek
Removal of PCB laden creek. The objective was to dredge and dewater the sediments from the creek. Due to the various depth changes in the…
Dewatering Lake Sediment from New York Park
A lake located on the eastern side of New York was to be dredged in order to remove contaminated sediment. The dredged material needed to…
Dewatering Iron Backwash Residuals From Water Treatment Plant
A New York water treatment plant needed to process iron-laden backwash sludge from overloaded settling ponds. WaterSolve provided a…
Decommissioning Industrial Wastewater Treatment Ponds
An Ohio refinery needed to remove decades of accumulated sludge from a fire water pond without damaging the liner. WaterSolve provided a…
Petaluma Bridge Construction Project
During construction of a new bridge footing in the Petaluma River, a slurry seal was poured into a caisson but failed to set properly. To…
Dredging Sediment from a Settling Pond into Geotube® Containers
This steel mill in Iowa chose to dewater the residual in their settling pond using Geotube® containers. A dredge pumped approximately 4,000…
Dewatering Florida Keys Lagoon Sediments
A community college near Key West, Florida needed to dredge and deepen their lagoon used for training diving and rescue workers. The…
Mine Clean-Up in Northwest Territories of Canada
Watersolve was contracted to assist in the testing, start-up and optimization of the chemical feed components of the treatment system. The…
Aerobic Digester Sludge Dewatering
WaterSolve, LLC conducted a pilot study at an automotive facility in Mexico to evaluate the effectiveness of using Geotube® MDS containers…
Pilot Study at a Coal Fired Power Plant
A coal-fired power plant in northern Minnesota was having trouble managing their scrubber ash water and looked into Geotube® dewatering…
Michigan Oil Spill Clean Up
A crude oil pipeline ruptured in Southwest Michigan, resulting in crude oil sediment that needed to be dredged from a river. WaterSolve…
Dredge to Belt Press Dewatering for Immediate Removal of Agricultural Lagoon Sludge
This case study details WaterSolve’s turnkey dredging and belt press dewatering solution for an agricultural lagoon in Utah. Through…
Maximizing Space and Efficiency: A Belt Press Dewatering System for Tight Workspaces
This case study outlines WaterSolve’s belt press dewatering project in Michigan for a sugar beet processing facility. Sludge was…
Geotube® Containers Capture Precipitated Metals at Gold Mine
Runoff water from a stock pile of gold mining rock had a pH of 2.3 and was very acidic. A small water treatment plant was built to treat…
Decommisioning Industrial Wastewater Treatment Ponds
An industrial wastewater treatment system consisting of 4 ponds was outdated and no longer in service. The state of Indiana required they…
Dewatering Ash Sludge from Waste Pond
Managing difficult residuals is a key challenge for power and utility operations. This case study highlights how Geotube® dewatering…
Dewatering Gold Mine with Geotextile Tubes
Gold deposits were first discovered at the Nevada mine in 1864. Over the years, mining operations have evolved to meet modern production…
Manufacturer of Chlorine Dioxide Dewaters Wastewater Residuals with a Geotube®
A Wisconsin chlorine dioxide manufacturer faced a challenge with wastewater residuals accumulating in a storage tank. To manage this…
Consolidating River Sediment
MDS (Mobile Dewatering System) Geotube® containers were used to remove river sediment from the water treatment system at this electric…
Getting a Municipalities Dredge Operation Back on Track
During a site visit it was discovered this Idaho municipality was not collecting solids in the geotextile tubes they were using. We put…
Geotextile Tube Dewatering for Cost-Effective Lagoon Sludge Removal and Decommissioning
This project involved the decommissioning of a wastewater lagoon for a rural Native American community of less than 2,000 members. Awarded…
Lumber Mill Needs Space Restored to Settling Pond
The site superintendent at this lumber mill was challenged with a settling pond getting full of solids. It hadn’t been cleaned for a number…
Geotextile Tube Dewatering for Efficient Lagoon Sludge Removal
This project focused on removing sludge from multiple municipal wastewater lagoons in Arbuckle, California, to improve percolation.…
Dredging Refinery lagoon Sludge into Geotube® Containers
This refinery had been using a centrifuge to dewater the lagoon sludge being dredged. The results were slow and they were not getting ahead…
Wastewater Lagoon
A village in upstate New York needed to update their wastewater treatment system. This project consisted of closing the two existing waste…
Dewatering of Lime Residuals from WTP Lagoon
A city in Michigan needed to remove residuals from a WTP lagoon which was nearing capacity. The plan was to use the plants existing system…
Dewatering of Biosolids from WWTP Lagoon
A city in Colorado needed to remove biosolids from a WWTP lagoon which was no longer in service. The plan was to use a hydraulic…
Coal Mine Pilot Study
WaterSolve LLC, was tasked to provide technical assistance for the installation of a Geotube® container dewatering system at a large coal…
Mine Drainage Treatment
WaterSolve LLC, was tasked to provide technical assistance for the installation of a Geotube® container dewatering system at an abandoned…
Solve 3 Settles TSS in Lagoon
The lagoon wastewater treatment system at this municipality was nearly full and needed to discharge its seasonal allotment of water. The…
Lagoon Cleaning with Geotubes® to Upgrade the System
Biosolids had been clogging the sand filters when water was being land applied through a sprinkler system. The objective of this project…
Potato Processor using Geotube® containers to dewater digested Potato Peels
Potato peels are digested to make electric and heat for this processing plant. The plant engineers wanted to return the digested residual…
Capturing Hydro-Excavated Residual at a Compressor Station
This natural gas company was using hydro-excavation trucks to expose the pipelines to upgrade their system. They wanted to dewater and…
Potato Processing Plant Residual Dewatering
Clearwater Dewatering, of Nampa, Idaho, the local agent for WaterSolve, LLC, was contacted to work on a dewatering project for a large…
Dewatering Residual from Pond at Winery
Looking for a cost effective solution to clean out their pond, a California winery contacted WaterSolve, LLC to assist in developing an…
Overloaded Digester Requires Geotube® Dewatering Process
This wastewater plant operator had heavy concentrations of residual in the digester that was causing upsets in the digestive process. He…
Geotubes® on a Barge in Lake Erie
Engineers had determined a sediment bowl around a water intake structure in Lake Erie was getting fill of solids. The structure helped…
Geotube® Containers used to help Customer with Discharge Requirements
A ditch on the downstream end of a ground water treatment system at a former industrial site in New Jersey was filled with sediment and…
Brine Evaporation Pond Dredging
Brine evaporation ponds that collected waste water generated from an industrial plant in Arizona needed to be cleaned out. After initial…
Environmental Habitat Restoration at Nankin Lake
A man-made lake created 100 years ago had filled significantly with sediment and was no longer providing the local habitat the resources it…
Maintenance Dredging using Geotube® Containers
Approximately 1,200 cubic yards of lake sediment was needed to be removed from a section of a small lake in New Jersey. Hydraulically…
Large Scale CCR Dewatering with Geotube® Containers
A large mid-western coal-fired power plant had accumulated almost 1.5 million cubic yards of coal combustion residuals in their ash lagoon.…
Reclamation Projects Requiring Pit Remediation
The objective was to hydraulically pump the material out of the pits and dewater it using Geotube® containers for subsequent hauling to a…
Decommissioned Mine
A company in charge of the treating the wastewater generated from a decommissioned gold mine in British Columbia had to come up with a…
Cleaning Sand Mine Wash Water with Geotube® Containers
The owners of a sand mine in Missouri estimated a water flow of 5,000 gallons per minute would be required to clean the sand. They wanted…
Shoreline Protection Project
The State of Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Ducks Unlimited, in a joint venture, wanted to do a shoreline protection project in…
Lake Michigan Shoreline protection
Rising Water levels in Lake Michigan left homeowners in northern Michigan searching for options to protect their lakefront homes and…
Dewatering Waste Stream from Winery
A winery was looking for a cost effective solution to clean out an on-site waste pond from their winery in California. They contacted…
Pulp and Paper Residual Dewatering
A pulp and paper manufacturing company in the state of Washington wanted to use a Geotube® container when normal operations were…
Dredging and Dewatering Pulp and Paper Wastewater Residual
WaterSolve, LLC was awarded the contract for removing residuals from a portion of a wastewater lagoon at a large pulp and paper mill in…
Dairy Manure Residual Dewatering
A large organic dairy facility in northern Oregon wanted to dewater residuals from their operation to allow them to compost, reuse, and/or…
Dewatering Contaminated Sediment From Seaplane Lagoon
A portion of the seaplane lagoon at a Naval Air Station in California was to be dredged to remove contaminated sediment. This area had been…
Dredging and Dewatering Refinery Lagoon Residuals
The refinery needed to empty the residuals and fill in a lagoon to provide space for a new wastewater treatment structure. A dredge was…
Environmental Cleanup of Lake in California
The objective of the project was to hydraulically remove contaminated lake sediment that contained high levels of hydrocarbons and metals,…
Increasing Drying Bed Capacity and Function
The City of Heyburn, Idaho, Wastewater Treatment plant was running out of room in their drying beds to dewater Biosolids in the winter…
Southern Shores Settling & Water Clarification Project
This Canal was in need of a dredging in order to allow homeowners to navigate their boats to larger bodies of water. Sediments had…
Drilling Shaft Water Treatment
The Water Treatment Facility needed to remove the sludge from the flooded water treatment shafts. They installed multiple pumps and…
Stone Quarry Storm-water Basin Sediment Dewatering
The storm water retention basin at a Kentucky Stone Quarry overflowed its banks and flooded two adjacent mine shafts during the Spring of…
Dewatering Major Steel Manufacturing Facility Lagoon
An eight‐acre settling lagoon at this major steel manufacturing facility in northern Ohio required removal of the solids which had…
Geotextile Tubes Assist In Ash Pond Decommissioning
This ash pond at an electric power plant was scheduled to be cleaned and closed. The engineers on site anticipated the wastewater treatment…
Dewatering Iron Sludge at a Water Treatment Facility
This municipal water treatment facility had a sediment vault that accumulated 18 inches of iron sludge over the course of 10 years, and it…
Removal of Coal Residue in Lake Superior
Coal residual had made its way into Lake Superior years ago at a coal processing plant. The main portion of the material was mechanically…
Geotextile Tubes Dewater Contaminated River Sediment at EPA Superfund Site
The USEPA declared the land that once contained two dumps and a large development facility in New Jersey a Superfund Site. Substandard…
Algae Sludge from DAF to Geotextile Tubes
This municipality needed to remove the algae from the water entering the creek as it exited the lagoon wastewater system. They installed a…