Pretreating high-strength waste for orchard and wineryProblem: After one year of careful monitoring by the local county health department and the State Department of Health, it was determined in 2017 that the waste strength loading at Huber’s Orchard and Winery, located in Starlight, Indiana, was too high for the new mound system. An additional pretreatment system was needed to lower the waste strength prior to discharge to the mounds.
Solution: Zoeller Pump Company offered design assistance and components for a new mound system to treat waste from numerous structures. They recommended a recirculating media filter treatment system to be installed between the existing
