S3S dewaters lagoon and pond sediment on site, producing effluent and dry, stackable solids ready for dump-truck transport, reducing haul-off volumes and the need for large drying areas.
Remove and dewater sediment in real-time without dedicating space or weeks to drying. Mechanical dewatering processes material as it’s pumped, allowing the pond to remain in service.
Settled solids reduce a wastewater lagoon’s treatment capacity. S3S removes and dewaters the material using polymer conditioning and centrifuges, producing dry solids for off-site hauling and returning effluent to the lagoon. At Hardisty, this work also required protecting the lagoon’s clay liner throughout removal.
Tailings are the fine slurry left over after mining or mineral processing. The BE-300 plant and centrifuges can separate it into water for reuse and solids for hauling. Mobile equipment fits smaller tailings and process ponds, pond cleanouts and pilot projects. Large mine tailings facilities are usually served by fixed plants built on site.
Sediment buildup reduces stormwater pond capacity. Dredging with on-site mechanical dewatering removes that sediment while the pond remains operational, avoiding the need to drain and excavate it or wait weeks for geotextile bags to dewater. Centrifuges produce stackable solids ready for hauling, with testing to confirm disposal requirements.
Usually not, if you have room for a drying area and time to wait. Mechanical dewatering makes sense when space or time is short.
At Hardisty, 100% of tests passed at 33% average solids. Results depend on the material, so our lab can test samples first.
Yes. We process dredged material as it comes off the dredge pipeline, at flows from hundreds to thousands of gallons per minute.
Yes. Contaminated sediment has to be tested before disposal, for example with TCLP, and the results decide where the solids can go. We can set up a field lab to test the water on site.
LoadScan scans each truckload as it drives out and calculates the load volume within 1%, so hauled volumes are measured, not estimated.
Tell us the material, how much of it there is and where the water and solids need to go.
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