The material decides the system
Every job begins with a specific material to process: polymer drilling fluid, jet-grout backflow, or anaerobically digested lagoon sludge. That material decides the equipment and the handling the job needs.
Case studies
Documented results from S3S projects across North America.
Three documented projects
Different material.
Different site.
S3S runs solids-control, separation, and dewatering equipment on job sites across North America. These three projects, a drilled-shaft bridge crossing, a congested jet-grouting site, and a pair of decades-old sewage lagoons, each ran a mobile loop of tanks, centrifuges, and dewatering sized to the material and the site.
32Drilled shafts on the Gordie Howe bridge
40 m³Water recovered per column at Eglinton
550 tonsDry material out of two Hardisty lagoons
Proof from the field
Read the configuration and the result from each project.
Each project below ran a mobile treatment loop of tanks, centrifuges, and dewatering, sized to a different material and site. Each case study gives the configuration and the measured result.
Construction | Drilled shafts
Polymer drilling fluid recovery for the Gordie Howe International Bridge
Thirty-two drilled shafts needed a constant supply of polymer fluid. S3S ran a closed loop of tanks, centrifuges and one technician that kept 160,000 gallons of polymer working every two weeks instead of sending it to disposal.
160,000 galPolymer kept from disposal every two weeks
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Construction | Jet grouting
Mobile treatment of jet-grout backflow on the Eglinton Crosstown East Tunnels
A congested Midtown Toronto site left no room for holding pits. S3S ran a mobile tank, centrifuge and flocculation system that recovered 40 m3 of water per column and cut waste handling costs 20%.
20%Lower waste handling costs
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Municipal | Lagoon remediation
De-sludging and dewatering of two municipal sewage lagoons
Two anaerobic sewage lagoons in Hardisty, Alberta had not been touched since the 1970s. A clear-water loop and centrifuge dewatering pulled 550 tons of dry material out while protecting the clay base underneath.
550 tonsDry material removed
Read the case study →How S3S scopes a project
What decides the system on any of these jobs.
Every one of these jobs started with the material and the site. Those two things decided the equipment, the operating plan, and where the outputs went.
The site shapes the plan
A drilled-shaft program, a congested urban lot, and an active lagoon each impose their own limits on storage, transfer routes, and available footprint. The plan works around them.
The equipment runs inside a full operating loop
Separation equipment is one part of the system. Receiving, storage, conditioning, field oversight, testing, reuse, and loadout all run around it.
Results belong to the project that produced them
A number from one job describes that job's material, site, and configuration. A new project needs its own review before the same approach applies.
Work with S3S
S3S treats the material on site, not after it leaves.
Tell us the material, the site, and the volume you are working with. S3S will scope the treatment and handling plan that fits.
What happens next
- A separation specialist reviews the material, the volumes and the site.
- We size the equipment and the crew against your schedule and the outputs you need.
- You get a configuration and a scope you can price the job against.