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Cold Weather Nitrification Case Study April 24, 2013

Low temperatures can have dramatic effects on a microbial community. When this happens it is important to have a microbial community that consists of microbes that are effective at removing organics a... (more)

Water

Significantly Reduce Your Effluent Ammonia April 24, 2013

Ammonia removal is one of the most important and difficult processes to maintain in wastewater treatment plants. It can be impacted by various environmental factors, shock loading, toxicity, and solid... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Replaces Retention Tanks and Softeners without water service interruption January 14, 2013

Industrial Fluid Management, Inc. was hired by National Travel Center to replace seven steel retention tanks and re-bed two softener units for their Public Water System, in Central Ohio. The retention... (more)

Water

IFM Upgrades Travel Center Water System with VFD's and Remote Monitoring November 9, 2012

A longtime customer of IFM often experienced issues with its water system with short well pump life and pressure problems. The problems stemmed from very large pressure tanks becoming water logged an... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Assists Large Data Center with Glycol Removal from Chiller Loop November 7, 2012

IFM was approached by a very large banking data center to reduce the volume hauled from the disposal of 30% Ethylene Glycol from a 10,000 gallon chiller loop, by way of membrane filtration. Due to... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Retrofits Old DAF into New Installation October 25, 2012

IFM recently took part in a design/build project for a Northwest Ohio based food manufacturing company. The company contracted IFM to provide process and permit engineering along with project manageme... (more)

Water

IFM Design/ Builds Zinc and Copper Removal Skid for Cooling Tower Blowdown August 22, 2012

IFM recently assisted a large tire and rubber manufacturer with issues associated with years of corrosion occurring in facilities’ cooling tower system. Due to the corrosion in the cooling tower, ... (more)

Wastewater

Microbial Vitamin Source Aids in the Recovery of Anaerobic Digester April 23, 2012

A NW Ohio Community serviced and fully cleaned one of its Anaerobic Digesters in late 2011 / early 2012 as required for maintenance and proper operation. The facility is a trickling filter plant consi... (more)

Wastewater

Oily Wastewater Filtration Project Engine Plant Manufacturing April 28, 2011

## Background / History One of three major US Auto Manufacturers has operated the engine block casting and engine manufacturing facility in Brookpark, OH near Cleveland since the post WWII Era. Rec... (more)

Water

IFM Assists NW Ohio Food Manufacturer meet NPDES Permit Levels March 13, 2009

In the summer of 2004, IFM was approached by a local food manufacturer to help evaluate the performance of the polishing lagoon at this facility. The wastewater treatment plant is permitted to di... (more)

Water

IFM Pilots Ultrafiltration System for the Removal of Oil, Greases and Hydrocarbons from Stamping Plant Wastewater Stream March 12, 2009

IFM has assisted a Northwest Ohio stamping facility for several years with the management of its wastewater treatment system. The facility's wastewater treatment consists of a four celled lagoon syst... (more)

Water

IFM Optimizes Industrial Bakery's Pretreatment Plant, Eliminating Surcharges while Positively Impacting the Village Wastewater Treatment Facility March 9, 2009

## Background A village and its largest manufacturer approached IFM concurrently for assistance on alleviating problems stemming from the poor performance of the facilities wastewater pretreatment ... (more)

Water

IFM Utilizes Microbial Carbon Source to Improve Denitrification in Alaska Mining Camp's Wastewater Treatment System March 5, 2009

An Alaska mining camp's wastewater treatment system experienced regular noncompliance issues with respect to Total Nitrogen violations. A national water services management company requested IFM's ass... (more)

Water

Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) Operation Review and Adjustments Lower Noncompliance Surcharges and Chemical Usage for Local Food Manufacturer March 4, 2009

Industrial Fluid Management, Inc. (IFM) was contacted by a local food manufacturer at the suggestion of the local POTW to address the facility's chronic wastewater problems associated with poor treatm... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Utilizes Geyser Pumps to Bring Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant into Compliance March 3, 2009

The Village of Weston, OH utilizes four 0.070 MGD (70,000 GPD) rated aeration tanks and clarifiers in parallel for treatment of sanitary sewage. The original plant, built in 1968, consisted of two aer... (more)

Water

IFM Provides Design, Construction and Start-up Services for 150 GPM Double Pass RO System March 3, 2009

A major manufacturer of solar panels planned to expand their production by over 200%. Their expansion resulted in a 15 million dollar construction project that included provisions for a high purity wa... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Eliminates Hydrogen Sulfide Odors at Drop Manhole March 2, 2009

IFM was approached in the summer of 2004 by a local Water and Sewer Authority to determine an economical method to manage odors originating from a drop manhole near a residential and business area. W... (more)

Water

IFM Improves Methane Gas Production in Anaerobic Digester through Addition of Micronutrients March 2, 2009

A national food manufacturer experienced anaerobic digester upsets as a result of the influx of vegetable waste during "fresh vegetable season" production. This created an imbalance in the volatile ac... (more)

Water

IFM Assists Northwest Ohio Stamping Plant Meet NPDES Permit through Technical Assistance and Bioaugmentation March 1, 2009

A Northwest Ohio manufacturing facility utilizes a controlled discharge lagoon system to treat a combination of sanitary and industrial wastewater. Depending on weather conditions and production rates... (more)

Water

Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Saves Process Equipment March 1, 2009

A pre-cast cement manufacturer, using ground water with extraordinarily high concentrations of both hardness and hydrogen sulfide (sulpher), was experiencing inordinately expensive equipment replaceme... (more)

Wastewater

Lagoon Bioaugmentation with Barley Straw Reduces Lagoon Total Suspended Solids February 18, 2009

Industrial Fluid Management, Inc. took part in a trial in which a long time bioaugmentation customer experimented with the addition of barley straw to its lagoon system to help prevent the excessive b... (more)

Wastewater

IFM Uses Bioaugmentation Products to Help POTW Meet Interim NPDES Permit Limits During Construction Period February 10, 2009

A Northwest Ohio POTW was experiencing problems with effluent quality due to seasonal swings and organic slug loads. Industrial Fluid Management, Inc. developed a bioaugmentation program customized f... (more)

Wastewater

Village Requires Finer Filtration February 9, 2009

In an effort to conserve water used to backwash their water treatment plant filters, Industrial Fluid Management was asked to design a sand filter scenario that would increase the time between require... (more)

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