Water Management

The McLanahan designed High Rate Thickener is simple in design and operation with specific benefits for today's producers.  After having removed usable materials from the effluent stream, Thickeners recover immediately re-usable process water adjacent to the plant site.

Because process water is available at the point of use, not hundreds of yards away, pumping HP is substantially reduced.  The smaller volume of effluent from the Thickener saves real estate - without large settling ponds and process water ponds, usable resources are not covered up.

Environmental issues are mitigated by the lack of large ponds; and water consumption is reduced due to elimination of evaporation and percolation losses.

Down stream, Belt Filter Presses or Paste Thickening can be used to process Thickener underflow, increasing the capture of process water and further reducing or elminating effluent ponds.