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HUBER MeChem Solutions

First Step Solutions:
Most Cost-Effective Mechanical / Chemical Wastewater Treatment

Budgets for environmental projects are notoriously tight, particularly in developing and emerging countries. It is imperative to achieve the greatest possible improvement with a limited amount of investment.

Since project costs rise exponentially with treatment efficiency, basic treatment of all wastewater discharges should come first.

Our MeChem Solutions are a modular step-by-step wastewater treatment system. The first mechanical step with fine screening is the least expensive and most cost-effective one. The following steps further improve the effluent quality, but become gradually more expensive.

Step-by-step implementation of modular HUBER MeChem Solutions

Step 1 is fine screening, step 2 adds micro-screening. Chemical flocculation is added as step 3, and micro-straining as step 4. Step 5 adds disinfection and step 6 trickling filters for biological treatment.

The steps taken depend not only on the available money, but also on the effluent requirements and type of effluent reuse.

For river and sea outfalls, basic mechanical treatment may be sufficient (Steps 1, 2 or 3).

For outfalls into small rivers and streams, mechanical and chemical treatment should be combined (Steps 3 or 4).

For lake outfalls, urine separation (see our Separation Solutions below) is desirable to prevent eutrophication of the lakes resulting in excessive growth of oxygen consuming algae and plants. Most of the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater stem from urine.

Micro-screen: ROTAMAT® Membrane Screen RoMem

RoDisc® Rotary Mesh Screen

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