A city’s water and sewer system is arguably one of its most important features. The old adage “nobody pays attention to the garbage man until he’s gone,” rings with a familiar note as it relates to the proper functionality of a city’s or municipality’s water and sewage system. If it doesn’t work properly, there are potentially huge negative impacts to the residents. Today we take a closer look at a single piece of a city’s water distribution and sewer system which is especially vital for the continued health and efficiency of a city’s fluids infrastructure. That single part is called “Headworks.” In the professional realm of civil engineering, the term, “Headworks” generally describes any structural component within a water distribution system at (or toward) the head (or beginning) of a reception or diversion (split) point in the system. In “layman’s terms,” it’s the piece in the system which adjusts the flow of water (or sewage). A headwork can accomplish many functions and tasks within a city’s water system. A headwork can lower and raise the quantity of water in a stream or river. It can control the intake and outflow of water in and out of the city’s reservoirs, retention ponds, and canals. It can control the introduction of silt, sand, and other foreign material into any of the previously mentioned water structures. Water storage is another function which a headwork performs. There are traditionally two main categories of headworks used by municipalities, counties, and cities. They are: Diversion, and Storage. The main components which comprise headworks generally are the following: River Training Works, Diversion Wall, Silt Mitigation Device, Attitude Canal, Weir or Barrage, Fish Ladder, and a Canal Crown Controller. One of the most important features the headwork accomplishes is at the commencement of a sewer and/or wastewater treatment process. The headwork is generally placed at the beginning of the first stage of the complex treatment process. The headwork acts as a filter of sorts, and can significantly reduce the quantities and levels of pollutants from the incoming effluents streams. The removal of inorganic items is critical for the longevity of a municipal system, and ensures that wear and the potential for damage is significantly...

The topic of wastewater filtration isn’t exactly a popular one, but in all actuality it is actually quite interesting. There are several components that go into wastewater treatment, a crucial system in our daily lives, and the use of bar screens is one such aspect. Learning more about this small but important tool can shed light on just how much work goes into giving you a clean and safe home, work place and overall way of life. Installation Wastewater bar screens are fairly easy to install, and are a convenient and versatile tool, as any number of screens can be installed. The screens can also be sized appropriately to fit with an existing waterway, or be created anew as part of the construction of a new water treatment plant. These screens act essentially as small gates, and are assembled and installed usually by a team of professionals from the wastewater treatment facility. Filtration A wastewater bar screen is first and foremost used as a cleaning filtration system, to trap garbage and debris. These screens are actually the first level of defense, or first chance in a water cleaning system to trap and block such debris. As such, the screens are often installed around the center or start of a wastewater treatment plant. Some screens might also be used some yards away from the epicenter of the plant. Construction  These bar screens are usually made of very strong metal, often steel, to hold up to the water pressure, which can sometimes be intense. The screens consist of vertical metal bars, which are usually spaced out one to three inches apart to pick up some of the larger objects and garbage that might pass through a city’s water system. Screens with bars closer together are meant to pick up smaller debris. Designs Wastewater bar screens come in a series of different designs, each crafted to service filtration needs depending on where the screens are going to be used. Some of these screens use automatic cleaning systems powered by electric motors and chains (see some examples on this wastewater vertical bar screen manufacturer’s website). Some others have to be cleaned by hand or mechanically, typically by using a heavy metal rake. The self cleaning screens are considered more modern and have become very popular. Disposal Once the screens have successfully filtered the water, something must be done with the refuse that has been collected. In this system, as objects are collected by the screen the water level will rise, so the items must be collected and disposed of. The refuse objects typically go to a trash center or land fill, and are usually picked up by hand. The subject of wastewater filtration can actually be quite interesting, especially when you consider how essential it is to every day life. Water filtration supports literally the majority of life events, from cooking and showering to a night at a clean hotel. And wastewater bar screens are a key part of that process. It is amazing to think about how much power one simple tool can have on such a large and all encompassing...

When pertaining to our daily uses of the most essential resources, one cannot forget about the necessity of water. Water is the most necessary resource for all living things. However, not all forms of water is safe for every type of use. In order to ensure the water is safe for human contact and even consumption, it needs to undergo the filtration process which occurs in the sewage system that is most local to the infrastructure of where the water is being provided. A properly maintained and usable sewage system consists of wastewater recycling which enables the water to be healthy for human use. With the world’s population increasing by the minute, the requirement for clean water also reflectively increases. Therefore, the process of clean reclamation of water is a high demand function within the sewage industry. Reclaimed water, also referred to as recycled water, is basically wastewater that has undergone a process of decontamination and removal of solids and impurities to provide a usable clean water resource for humans. Reclaimed water can be used for landscaping, irrigation and recharging groundwater aquifers. Reclaiming water provides one of the greatest forms of economic benefits as it is an important aspect of water conservation efforts. The overall sewage treatment consists of removing contaminants from wastewater, household, domestic, commercial and institutional sewage systems. The sewage system implements physical, chemical and biological processes to remove the water from many forms of contaminants. The purpose of the sewage system is to provide the environment with a safe and functional fluid and solid wastes stream suitable enough for disposal or recycling. With the Headworks system, the applied technology enables the water recycling process to turn contaminated water into a form that becomes so pure that it becomes safe enough for all types of human use including drinking. The sewage process of purifying can be taken place nearby to where the waste is being created. It consists of a decentralized system of tanks, filters and treatment systems to collect the waste fluids and carry it through a network of pipes and pump stations to a centralized system of a local treatment plant. Headworks sewage treatment is usually subject and processing to meet with local, state and federal regulatory guideline...

Different wastewater treatment systems are designed to remove waste from water in order to make it drinkable. Most major cities use some sort of system such as this, in order to reuse its water supply and allow water from different sources to be cleaned and sent back to commercial and residential use. With different kinds of wastewater treatment systems available, it is necessary for the regions to look at the water treatment supplies and determine what exactly is going to work the best and how it is going to function properly. The first type of wastewater treatment system is a device that is going to be installed at the onside sewage facility. This is where the water is going to tun directly through the pipes of homes through an underground system and directly into the sewage facility. On site, the sewage is removed from the water and the water is sanitized and treated in several different ways. It depends on the kind of sewage and where the system is located with regards to the ways utilized. However, the overall goal is always the same, which is to return the water to drinking reservoirs and any other facility that uses water and make it safe for human consumption again. There is a wastewater treatment system known as an aerobic wastewater treatment. This treatment utilizes something known as good bacterial. The organisms heavily depend on oxygen and basically eat and destroy the bacteria found in the waste water and is designed to give off both carbon dioxide and water in the process. This is a rather simple process (when compared to other options) and in the end it does not produce any harmful bacteria or chemicals and it allows the water to become decontaminated at the conclusion of the process. Another kind of wastewater treatment system is one that uses micro filtration. This is also referred to as synthetic membranes. These are small filters that are designed to catch all microorganisms that pass through, removing all of the bacteria and other material from the water. The water moves freely through the filters several times in order to provide the best filtration possible. However, this kind of wastewater treatment system is typically used with chemicals in order to further provide decontamination. Some of the chemicals include chlorine, although this is filtered out eventually when the water is returned to water storage and the general public as fresh, clean drinking water. One of the newest forms of wastewater treatment systems is something that uses the a manufactured ozone. The created ozone is able to produce bubbles that percolate throughout the water continuously over a period of time, which goes to remove bacteria and decontaminate it. This is going to provide the same effect as the other cleaning processes, but it does not require any sort of harsh chemicals during the process. The Ozone method is often used in combination with the other methods, in order to provide the cleanest purest drinking water possible. There are many different wastewater treatment systems services – here is a video showing an example of wastewater treatment through bar screen – out there, although you just need to know what to look for and what these kinds of services are going to provide you and the community or other region looking for the system. Some use chemicals while others are able to go without...