Mining equipment
The simple and effective way to treat wastewater on site ADVANCED ENVIRO SEPTIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER RANDALL CRISP EXPLAINS HOW HIS COMPANY’S SOLUTIONS CAN SAVE TIME AND MONEY, WITH THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF BEING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
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eliable and efficient infrastructure at a remote mining operation is vital to the day-to-day activities of the site. There can be a number of issues when it comes to maintaining mine site infrastructure, from the difficulty in getting service people to the operation due to the tyranny of distance or the shutdown times when a key component of the operation fails or breaks. In many cases, simple and straightforward solutions are the best. Advanced Enviro-Septic (AES) solutions use advanced passive technology to provide the most economical way to treat wastewater
while being environmentally friendly. The wastewater is treated to secondary or advanced secondary standard without the use of chemicals. Mining and resources projects are often located in remote and isolated locations where water supply can be augmented by the ability to make use of water multiple times. The Advanced Enviro-Septic, when utilised as the passive aeration and bacterial treatment stage in a sewerage system without the need for electricity, can save considerable capital costs with little to no maintenance or running costs. AES director and business development manager Randall Crisp says one of the issues mining
The Advanced Enviro-Septic can save considerable capital costs.
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companies can have in their remote camps is that they rely on electricity generated by diesel generators. “Wastewater treatment systems that they use now are old technology non-passive systems, therefore they are dependent on consistent clean power supply,” Crisp tells Safe to Work. “When they have issues with their electricity generation or loss of phases in their power, then that causes failings in their treatment plant. “That can then lead to health risks because you have effluent that is not being treated, you can have overflows, you might have to fly service people out from hundreds of kilometres away. “Whereas the advanced passive
