Sewage Sludge Acceptance

Q: "What are components of faecal sludge?"

"Faecal sludge is the sewage sludge from domestic sewage treatment plants. Faecal sludge usually consists of wastewater with a concentrated content of faeces, food waste, toilet paper, sanitary products as well as mineral components.\r\nFor the treatment of faecal sludge, a multi-stage system consisting of coarse screen and grit trap can be useful before the faecal sludge is discharged into the sewage treatment plant."

Q: "What are faecal sludge acceptance stations used for?"

"Wherever residential buildings are not connected to a sewer system but use a decentralised domestic sewage treatment plant, faecal sludge accumulates.\r\nThis faecal sludge is disposed of via collection vehicles and transported to a central sewage treatment plant or a special faecal sludge processing facility for treatment. The collection vehicles usually empty the faecal sludge into special receptions stations, also referred to as sludge acceptance plants."

Q: "What is the advantage of using a sludge acceptance plant for faecal sludge?"

"Using a sludge acceptance unit before the faecal sludge is fed into the wastewater treatment plant will clean the raw material from undesired matter, such as sanitary products and plastic articles, etc. This cleaning is necessary to keep the load on the sewage treatment plant resulting from the introduced faecal sludge as low as possible."

Reliable pre-treatment for septic sludge

Wherever wastewater is not fed to a sewage treatment plant via the sewer system, but is treated decentrally, septic sludge is produced. This septic sludge collects either in simple septic tanks or in more modern small wastewater treatment plants and must be removed at regular intervals to be treated in a central plant.

Where possible, this is done at a centralized wastewater treatment plant with sufficient surplus capacity; but where such a plant is not available nearby, a separate on-site plant for the complete treatment of septic sludge can also be built.

HUBER Sludge Acceptance Plant ROTAMAT® Ro3.1

Outdoor installation of a HUBER Sludge Acceptance Plant ROTAMAT® Ro3.1

HUBER Sludge Acceptance Plant RotaShield® with connected HUBER Screenings Wash Press WAP®

Complete HUBER solution for the reception and treatment of septic sludge

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Septic Sludge

Treatment of septic sludge

Septic sludge is usually delivered by tankers and must be screened of coarse material and contaminants such as sanitary products and plastic particles etc. before further treatment. This cleaning is necessary for the reliable and economical operation of subsequent stages of septic sludge treatment or co-treatment of the sludge in sewage treatment plants. Depending on the size of the treatment plant, it is advisable to first store the septic sludge in buffer tanks after mechanical pre-treatment, from which it can then be continuously transferred to further treatment.

For the acceptance of septic sludge, HUBER has developed special septage receiving stations, which have been successfully used worldwide for decades. With the use of this technology, it is then possible for the septic tankers to empty quickly and for the removal of all coarse material and contaminants to take place reliably and without disturbances.

For septic sludge treatment plants our HUBER Screw Presses Q-PRESS® and S-PRESS are also used.

Products

Products for Sewage Sludge Acceptance

Case Studies

HUBER Solutions in Operation

HUBER supplies machines for faecal sludge treatment on the Faroe Islands

Sludge Acceptance and Screening at Wanlip STW for Severn Trent Water

Operationally reliable biogas production with the HUBER Sludgecleaner STRAINPRESS®

Well Received Septic Sludge in Finland

HUBER supplies machines for faecal sludge treatment on the Faroe Islands

Future-oriented technology for the treatment of faecal sludge on the Faroe Islands: a reference in the midst of impressive surroundings: At least 10,000 t of sludge were to be received annually, screened and then dewatered to ≥ 35 % dry residue (DR).

2x HUBER Sludge Acceptance Plant ROTAMAT® Ro3/1200/355 units installed at Wanlip STW

Sludge Acceptance and Screening at Wanlip STW for Severn Trent Water

HUBER Technology recently completed a project for Severn Trent Water at Wanlip STW on the outskirts of Leicester. This was a project that had been looked at for a long period of time but was commissioned in early 2020.

Two insulated STRAINPRESS® machines for grease sludge screening, below a container into which the screenings are discharged

Operationally reliable biogas production with the HUBER Sludgecleaner STRAINPRESS®

On the way from a sewage treatment works to an energy park – Stadtentwässerung Dresden undertake a variety of measures on STP Kaditz to achieve this goal. One of these measures is the acceptance and treatment of foreign material for co-fermentation in the digesters.

Well Received Septic Sludge in Finland

Septic sludge of around 70,000 inhabitants is collected in the surrounding area of the city of Lahti, which was looking for a place and method of treatment instead of dumping this into sewers or on wasteland. At HUBER, the found an effective solution.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Faecal sludge is the sewage sludge from domestic sewage treatment plants. Faecal sludge usually consists of wastewater with a concentrated content of faeces, food waste, toilet paper, sanitary products as well as mineral components.

For the treatment of faecal sludge, a multi-stage system consisting of coarse screen and grit trap can be useful before the faecal sludge is discharged into the sewage treatment plant.

Wherever residential buildings are not connected to a sewer system but use a decentralised domestic sewage treatment plant, faecal sludge accumulates.

This faecal sludge is disposed of via collection vehicles and transported to a central sewage treatment plant or a special faecal sludge processing facility for treatment. The collection vehicles usually empty the faecal sludge into special receptions stations, also referred to as sludge acceptance plants.

Using a sludge acceptance unit before the faecal sludge is fed into the wastewater treatment plant will clean the raw material from undesired matter, such as sanitary products and plastic articles, etc. This cleaning is necessary to keep the load on the sewage treatment plant resulting from the introduced faecal sludge as low as possible.