Case Studies

Al‐Hayat Pharmaceutical is an old manufacturing facility that was built in 1972. This company produces the following range of products:

A water-soluble polymer manufacturer was having difficulty with an activated sludge treatment system that failed to meet permit limits. The treatment system was designed with an initial flocculation phase, whereby the pH was adjusted to 12 or above, followed by an anaerobic treatment phase, which discharged to a typical aerobic activated sludge treatment process.

Glidden, America’s third largest paint company had been experiencing odor problems in their 2 MG lagoon system during the warm summer months at their Ohio plant. With warmer temperatures and high manufacturing level, the system would tend to go anaerobic releasing noxious odors that upset the local community.