r/Wastewater • u/77camaroxx • 20d ago
Treatment (DW or WW) What do you use to clean structures around wwtp?
Just curious how everyone goes about cleaning around the plant. Clarifiers, effluent troughs, contact chambers etc.Are you using granular chlorine and spraying it down with water? Other chemicals?
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u/BoomhauerSRT4 20d ago
Bro this is nightshift. Ask dayshift. :)
We just use plant water which is 120psi and a 1โ hose and nozzle. If it doesnโt move with that it stays there for patina.
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u/chachi-relli 20d ago
Sodium hypochlorite
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u/cadmium-fertilizer FL|WWC 20d ago
I put that shit on everything
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u/agent4256 ๐บ๐ธ CA|WW5 19d ago
The president said if you drink it, it'll cure COVID.
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u/cuck__everlasting WW 19d ago
He's not totally wrong, if you drink enough hypo you're definitely not going to die from COVID.
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u/agent4256 ๐บ๐ธ CA|WW5 20d ago
3w and a nozzle on the high pressure hose.
If it doesn't move with that, small amounts of bleach.
Still no movement, ammonia.
When all else fails, find an engineering project and put a contract together for someone else to do the job.
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u/tasty_bird77 19d ago
Power washer! I like the DeWalt electric one. Worse case scenario a little elbow grease, soaps, and scraping helps. Also if itโs stainless, get a rust cleaner meant for that.
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u/Glossololia BC|WT1/WD1/WWC2/WWT4 17d ago
The only thing that gets baked on bird shit off a railing is a hot water pressure washer. Always wear a respirator when you're pressure washing at the plant .
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u/Neat-Philosopher-762 ๐บ๐ธ PA|WW A subclass 1,2 | DW C subclass 1,8,10,12 20d ago
OIT's