Hair clogging sludge recycling equipment
Posted on: Friday, 13 February 2009, 14:46 CST
Officials said an Illinois sludge recycling factory will be non-operational for about 10 months while new filters are installed to weed out human hair.
Jai Gupta, the North Shore Sanitary District's director of engineering services, said the $50 million sludge recycling facility in Zion, Ill., is non-operational because sludge filters at the district's three sewage treatment plants are allowing human hair to pass through and jam the recycling equipment, which is designed to convert the sludge into a glass-like aggregate, The Waukegan (Ill.) News-Sun reported Friday.
The problem is hair from the shower water of the district's residential customers which enter our waste water system,
Gupta said.
He said the North Shore Sanitary District's board of trustees chose Waukegan engineering firm Camosy Inc. for a $5.7 million contract to create and install filter screens and other equipment at the sanitary treatment plants in Highland Park, Waukegan and Gurnee. Gupta estimated it would be about 10 months before the new equipment is installed and tested.
Source: United Press International
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