Waste Water
Professional Waste Water Solutions
With a proven track record in waste water services, Merkland Tank excels in delivering comprehensive cleaning solutions to a diverse client base. Our skilled teams use the latest innovative equipment to ensure efficient, environmentally responsible and sustainable operations to deliver the highest standards within the sector.
As a SEPA-registered waste carrier, we responsibly recover, transport and dispose of all waste types, including waste water, sludge and effluent, generated during the cleaning process, in line with current legal and environmental regulations.
Waste Water Treatment Plants
Every day, 14 billion litres of waste water is collected from drains, homes, businesses and farms across the UK, which needs to be treated and made safe to re-enter our water system. With such high volumes to process, treatment plants must operate as efficiently as possible.
At Merkland Tank, we have the expertise and state-of-the-art equipment to carry out major cleaning projects in Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) and Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) across the UK.
We have extensive experience in working within waste water treatment plants to recover bio sludge which can be transformed into sustainable fuel, and we work with customers across a range of industries to safely remove and transport trade effluent.
Merkland Tank's waste water services include:
- Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
- Tank Cleaning (PSTs, SSTs, FSTs, PFTs, DLAs, Sedimentation, Buffer)
- Pipework Cleaning (Sludge Lines)
- Screens (Core, Fine and Drum)
- Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBRs)
- Driers
- Digesters
- Grit Chambers
- Aeration Lanes
- ADR Works (Lime Tanks, Acid Tanks, Caustic Tanks)
- Carbon Media Changes
- Emergency Rescue Teams (ERT)
- Emergency Spill Response
safety, maintenance and cleaning
Below are some recent waste water treatment projects by Merkland Tank.
CRITICAL MAINTENANCE
- Merkland Tank provided Confined Space Tank Cleaning and Emergency Rescue Team support to our waste water client as part of a critical multiple phase maintenance project.
- The project saw us work in collaboration with several other parties and utilised the high-performance capabilities of our Müller F160 Recycler Unit.
SECONDARY SETTLEMENT TANK CLEAN
- Merkland Tank successfully completed a major project to clean out a secondary settlement tank at our clients' sewage works, as part of their essential site maintenance.
- Our experienced operators utilised our high-performance CycloVac tanker alongside our high-pressure water jetting equipment, to clean the tank base, walls, outer trough, structure and all associated pipework to remove the unwanted sludge, grit and rag.
PROCESS TANK WASTE REMOVAL
- We have supported one of Scotland's largest Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) with the removal of sludge and grit build up from their process tanks.
- Our high performance CycloVac and our expert confined space/emergency rescue operatives successfully removed over 300 tonnes of waste for onward safe disposal.
BULK REMOVAL OF LIQUID WASTE
- Merkland Tank supported one of the UK's leading specialist marine and logistics service providers, with the bulk removal of liquid waste from NATO vessels docked in Dundee.
- We were able to provide an exceptional and timely service thanks to our experienced operatives, who have in-depth knowledge of vessel tank cleaning procedures, alongside our specialist tanker fleet.
CRITICAL SEWER PLANNED MAINTENANCE
- Our high-performance Müller Recycler was used alongside our Artic Vacuum Tanker for planned maintenance on a critical main sewer line in Glasgow.
- The project also required traffic management and road closure for the duration.
GRIT REMOVAL
- Merkland Tank completed a 5-week Grit Removal project for one of our valued customers in the Waste Water Treatment sector.
- The project, carried out at one of Scotland’s busiest wastewater treatment works, saw us remove over 500 tonnes of grit from the primary inlet channel.
- To add to the challenge, the 8m wide x 7m deep and 50m long channel with restricted access had to be cleaned while the flow was live!
- Our team utilised the highly innovative, Kobelco SK140 excavator, (the first time it’s been deployed by Flannery in Scotland!) alongside a JCB 516-40 telehandler to mechanically dig out and transfer the grit to the dewatering system for onward treatment and subsequent recycling.
