Detritus Tanks

04/28/26

“How can we separate incoming non-organic from organic particles in a wastewater stream?”

Wastewater streams are composed of both organic and inorganic particles. Non-organic particles in a waste stream can damage equipment and hurt performance. So what can we do to solve this? Well, we know that non-organic particles tend to be heavier than organic particles. So what if we use control the flow of water and use settling velocity differences to have heavier, denser particles non-organic particles settle while light organic particles stay suspended. Well, machines called Detritus Tanks accomplish exactly that.

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