Yesterday, I was delighted to speak as part of the WIOG (Water Industry Operators Group) tour of Christchurch City Councils, Bromley Wastewater Treatment.
Last week Aeris Global installed its FIRST aerator in the Oxidation Ponds at Bromley. After less than a week of operation the aerdisc Directional Aerator is already impressing many observers including the WIOG visitors.
Aeris Global was not involved with the supply or installation of any other aerators in the Oxidation Ponds.
However, we were intimately involved with other aspects of the plant following the tragic fire in 2021, which destroyed two trickling filters.
I was asked to speak about our contract to convert two of the plants 49m diameter clarifiers into high-energy aerobic reactors by installing 600kW of aquaturbo surface aerators.
In technical terms, this was not a particularly challenging project but logistically, it was near impossible!
The fire occurred on 1 Nov 2021, and we were awarded the contract on Christmas Eve, but only on the condition the plant was fully operational by 31 Mar 2022.
Multiple key suppliers were asked to slash normal lead-times in the interest of supporting a council in crisis.
14-tonne of equipment was airfreighted from various locations in the world at a total cost of over $600,000!
True to our word, the plant was commissioned on 31 Mar 2022.
