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  1. itsleighton

    Standpipe level indicators not reading accurate causing overflows

    We built a water plant next to an existing standpipe that has an overflow level of 100.75'. We have installed a level indicator at the base of the standpipe converting the pressure to elevation and transmitting the level to a newly installed SCADA system. The high service pumps to the...
  2. itsleighton

    High Moisture Content Soil

    I have a jobsite in which the water table is very high (9ft) The project required ecxcavating 38 feet deep and stockpiling the material onsite for 2 months. Even with dewatering wells, the water does not fall out of the soil so it stays vary saturated. The stockpiled material is also still...
  3. itsleighton

    box culvert bypass

    I have a box culvert that cannot be shut down. Its size is 6'x6' and is flowing about a quarter to halfway. any ideas on how to bypass it?
  4. itsleighton

    Sludge Thickener Bypass

    We have a gravity sludge thickener that pulls solids from a transfer line between two aeration basins. The thickener needs to be worked on and has no redundancy, therefore needs to be bypassed. The sludge thickener currently pulls in approximately 300K GPD and sends off 100K GPD of thickened...
  5. itsleighton

    Problem w/ Steel Casing Bore &Gravity Sewer (NE1 up for a challenge?)

    We have performed a 320' dry auger bore in soft, sandy clay. The steel casing is 18" that carries a 12" yelomine (PVC) gravity sewer line between two manholes under a DOT highway. Site conditions are as follows: downhill manhole at Station 0+00 is flowing very good-- fast- no problems...
  6. itsleighton

    Aeration piping for raw wastewater lagoon

    We are a contractor installing a large aeration system for a raw wastewater lagoon and the engineer is calling for a cement lined ductile iron pipe to carry the air from the blowers to the HDPE headers and laterals inside the lagoons. The pipe sizes are 14" to 10" to 6". My concern is the...

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