Mcberns
Innovative Products for Municipal Sewage & Industrial Wastewater ManagementAutoWellWashers™
THE MCBERNS AUTOWELLWASHER™ WILL KEEP YOUR PUMP STATIONS FAT FREE FOR AS LITTLE AS 100 LITRES OF WATER PER DAY!
A common problem in pump/lift stations is heavy fatty sludge build-up on the well walls and components causing odours (customer complaints) corrosion and system failures. This results in costly callouts to sewerage overflows, cleanups and repairs and possible serious environmental breaches and heavy fines.
OUTDATED CLEANING METHODS
Traditional regular methods for cleaning fatty pump stations can be very costly, time consuming and are often dangerous, requiring confined space entry with many WPH&S requirements. These old methods take work crews from more important maintenance tasks.
The McBerns AutoWellWasher™ does the job automatically and effectively!
McBerns AutoWellWasher™ benefits are:
- Eliminates Fat uses as little as 100 litres of water per day to keep well walls and components fat free. This is HALF the water allocation for one person per day in the SE.Qld region*.
- Reduces Odours, Reduces Sulfides, improved safety for crews, less corrosion of infrastructure and increased life of the pump station.
- Reduces Confined Space Entries, no more manual cleaning, improves WPH&S issues. Easily to Install no special skills are needed.
- Reduces Maintenance Costs no vaccum trucks or solid waste to dispose, reduces wear & tear on pumps and hardware.
- Improved Efficency reduced callouts due to level sensor failures. Crews will be free for more urgent cost effective maintenance programs.
- Cleaner & Odour Free Wells Happy consumers and a healthier environment.
Some Interesting facts about the McBerns AutoWellWasher™
- It is worth considering the total water usage for one McBerns AutoWellWasher™ is as little as 100 litres per day without compromising the cleaning effectiveness. This is HALF the average water allocation of 200 litres per person per day* and that same pump station could be servicing up to 1000 houses with an average of 2.5 people per house.
- The cost of installing and running an AWW using 3 x 60sec washes daily is approximately is $3267 over 5 years# . While manual cleaning,1 wash per week would cost approximately $15,000 over 5 years ##, using 2 man crew and truck.Both examples include water costs allowing for 3% CPI pa.
- When the AutoWellWasher™ is installed in a Council’s problem pump stations, the benefits can be observed throughout the entire sewerage network right back to the treatment plant.
- If you do the sums, other cleaning methods just don’t add up anymore, the AWW is a more efficient & economical way to achieve better results continuously. (see graph).
- We all know water is a precious commodity, as is the sewerage and wastewater infrastructure. A small outlay at the right time and place can save large outlays later and keep our communities clean, disease free and sewerage out of our streets and waterways.
All information was correct at time of printing: *S.E.Queensland’s recommended daily water usage of 200 litres per person per day @ Nov 2009.
# Pump Station Cleaning the Easy and Economical Way Paper; ## Cardno MBK Design Review of AutoWellWasher™ Report Feb 2000.
“Installing a McBerns AutoWellWasher™ is like having a person permanently at your pump stations washing them daily!
A fast, efficient and economical solution to just one aspect of your maintenance tasks.”
THE AUTOWELLWASHER™ IS ALWAYS ON THE JOB!
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