Установка по очистке кислых шахтных вод в Брэнди-Кэмп завершила модернизацию на стальных конструкциях

BRANDY CAMP — The Blue Valley Acid mine drainage treatment and fish culture station, located in Brandy Camp near Brockway, reached 17 years continuous operation in 2025. External corrosion of the acid mine drainage treatment steel clarifiers and sludge tanks had reached the point where the units needed to be replaced. The Toby Creek Water Shed Association, facility owner and operator, obtained a state grant to replace all the components of the acid mine drainage treatment equipment. Following an open bid process, the original designer and supplier of the facility equipment, ProChemTech International, Inc., was selected to provide and install the replacement equipment. The major change from the original equipment design was that all the replacement equipment was constructed of stainless steel to eliminate the external corrosion problem experienced with the original steel equipment. The replacement project was completed in January 2026, with full scale operations resumed with the new equipment in operation. This is the most successful acid mine drainage treatment facility in the country, according to facility leadership. Acid mine drainage is treated for pH adjustment, followed by removal of iron with treated water used to raise trout from fingerling to stocking size. About 17,000 trout are raised per year. The Engineered Systems Division of ProChemTech specializes in design and provision of systems for treatment of industrial waste waters for discharge, recycle, or reuse. Advanced proprietary design clarifiers are a key component for many of the supplied systems. Design of waste water systems is supported by the Performance Chemical Division, which devises and manufactures special chemical products needed for treatment of industrial waste wasters. This division also manufactures several patented cooling water products which substantially reduce cooling tower water use by cooling towers.