What's New... Case History - Answers to a Louisiana Community's Sludge Problems The wastewater plant serving the Whisperwood community near Slidell, Louisiana had a problem: Hauling of liquid waste sludge for disposal was eating their lunch. In an article beginning on page 22 in the Feb. 2007 issue of Water & Wastes Digest, the answer for this plant was the installation of a new polyurethane Wedgewater™ Filter Bed System. Don't miss this actual account of how our Louisiana representative showed one community how the Wedgewater™ System can pay for itself in more ways than one. Pick up a copy of the February W&WD magazine, or read the article online here. Installation Showcase - Patterson, CA Wastewater Treatment Plant The city of Patterson wastewater treatment facility in northern California has installed six 800 sq. ft. Polyurethane Wedgewater™ Filter beds for dewatering their sludge solids. Two of the beds are covered with a roof to prevent accumulation of frozen precipitation in the winter. The beds feature the GFS Southwest innovative open-end bed design, which allows for easy access with the front end loader, keeping any necessary manuevering to a minimum, and to prevent any messy leakage around stop-log barriers. The 4800 total square feet of bed area can nominally handle up to 1371 pounds of aerobically digested waste activated sludge per day when cycled once weekly, or 2743 pounds if cycled twice weekly. Installation Showcase - Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice - Navasota, TX The TDCJ at the Wallace Pack unit installed four 700 sq. ft. Polyurethane Wedgewater™ Filter beds for dewatering their wastewater sludge solids. These beds also feature the GFS Southwest innovative open-end bed design and unobtrusive corner decant panels for accelerated water removal. The 2800 total square feet of bed area are designed handle up to 1600 pounds of aerobically digested waste activated sludge dry solids generatedper day when cycled twice weekly.