Solids Settling tank (SST)

When washing with a Hydropad portable wash rack system where little or no solids settling is available the SST is perfect. Why put water settling storage in ground where you find it difficult to clean them out? The SST is self cleaning.

• Gravity flow through design
• Flow rates of 25 and 50 GPM
• Passive/active gravity solids separation
• Self-cleaning tank makes sludge removal easy
• Overflow protection device
• Optional continuous solids removal to 5 micron nominal with a continuous media automatic filtration unit (CMAFU-2)
• Factory assembled and tested

SST Specifications (PDF format)

How The SST Works

When below ground, water storage is inadequate for solids settling; above ground solids settling becomes very useful. Water is pumped from any collection point to the SST. Wastewater is direct though a liquid quieting well tube where its velocity is slowed to as low as 3 FPM, the wastewater is forced reverse course 180 degrees in order to exit the SST allowing solids settle to the bottom. Clarified wastewater drawn through a cascade collection system and directed to the exit port. The SST flow is governed by gravity and is self regulating. Its self cleaning cone bottom tank can be manually or automatically purged, depending on the system configuration. The addition of the optional CMAFU-2 polishing loop continuously removes accumulated sludge from the bottom of the SST. During periods of low flow the CMAFU-2 polishing loop super cleans the wastewater to <5 or 1 microns nominal.