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Hanceville, Alabama Division
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2001 Excellence in Industrial Wastewater Treatment
(Physical/Biological Treatment)
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Presented by Alabama’s
Water Environment Association, April 2002
The award recognizes the best operated Category III (Physical/Biological
Treatment) Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility in Alabama.
 2003 Alabama Water Environment Association Award (.pdf)
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2003 Clean Water Award Honorable Mention, Full Treatment
Category
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Presented by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, March
2003
The award recognizes outstanding water treatment facilities in the
poultry industry.
2003 Honorable Mention US Poultry Egg Association
(.pdf)
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2004 Clean Water Award, Full Treatment Category
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Presented by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, March
2004
The Clean Water Award recognizes outstanding water treatment facilities
in the poultry industry. The full treatment category covers facilities
that fully treat their wastewater prior to discharge into a receiving
water or final land application system.
2004 Award Winner US Poultry Egg Association (.pdf)
Watt 2004 Award Article (.pdf)
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Recent Improvements @ Hanceville
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Air Control System
2003
- Installed mist
eliminator in air ducting system.
- Installed biogas
collection system over anaerobic lagoon. Eliminated odors and emissions
from lagoon. Utilize biogas
in boiler operation.
2004
- Installed vapor
removal for single screw press.
- Installed a Nexus
boiler control system to auto tune boilers and emissions.
2005
- Air ducting change to improve
scrubber efficiency and control odors. Pre-heater to spray tower to
bio-filter.
- Installed system to
recover boiler blown down heat to save energy.
Wastewater Treatment System
2002
- Installed liner in #2
aerobic lagoon
- Spraying system to
cool and evaporate water from the reuse lagoon #3.
2003
- Improvements to storm
water control system
2004
- Installed recycle pump and piping in anaerobic
lagoon for better mixing.
- Upgrade transformers, electrical service and added
five (5) additional 15 hp surface aerators in #3A aerobic lagoon.
- Installed blood screen
to improve wastewater loadings.
- Installed
a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System on the
secondary treatment system.
This system automatically controls dissolved oxygen in
reactor #2, pH in reactor #2, nitrate recycle flow rate, waste
activated sludge flow rate, return sludge flow rate, influent flow
rate and temperature in reactor #2 and monitors numerous of other
flows rates. Monitors ORP,
pH, and dissolved oxygen in both #1 and #2 reactors. The SCADA system has full alarm
capabilities.
2005
- Installed heat
exchanger on blood stick water to cool waste flow.
- Added an additional
suction line to the anoxic pump wet well for additional capacity.
- Installation of a
16” discharge line and flow meter from the anoxic pump
station to reactor #2.
2006
- Completed major
expansion of the wastewater treatment system to remove additional
nutrients. New additional
anoxic and oxic tanks were installed. Making it a 4-stage treatment
process. New nitrate
recycle line installed. New
anoxic pump station from #1 reactor to #2 reactor. Additional SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
upgrade with direct inline monitoring of ammonia, nitrates, MLSS,
pH and ORP.
2008
- Installed
liner in 3A Aerated Lagoon.
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Cumming, Georgia Division
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2002 Major Source: Compliance Management Program
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Presented by the Air and Waste Management Association,
Georgia Chapter
Awards recognize firms and entities that demonstrate a dedication to
environmental improvements beyond regulatory compliance.
2002 Air and Waste Mgmt (.pdf)
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Cuthbert, Georgia Division
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American Proteins – On the Web
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