The City of Valdez, Alaska, simply took shipment of a Mud Cat® 40E for their wastewater lagoons.
The dredge is pumping bio-sludge with a 1.1 particular gravity sitting at 7% solids in-situ, a range of 600 ft. (183m) with 4 ft. (1.2m) of terminal elevation at an optimum circulation of 900gpm into geotextile filter bags.
The 40E is digging up to a depth of 14 ft. (4.26m) and the HDPE lagoon liner is safeguarded with the Mud Cat 40E’s basic liner security wheels which securely push the liner down as the cutter eliminates the sludge to the bottom of the lagoon.
Also, the dredge develops an even bottom profile due to its horizontal auger cutterhead which is more effective for tracking cuts.
“The City of Palmer, Alaska who has successfully been operating their Mud Cat 40E for three years, referred the City of Valdez to us. We continue to lead the electric remote control dredge sector with by providing the most durable systems in the world that create even bottom profiles and excavate in even parallel cuts creating extremely low turbidity,” said DuWayne Richert, Regional Sales Manager, Ellicott Dredge Technologies, LLC.
The Mud Cat 40E was delivered from EDT’s factory in New Richmond, WI to Port of Seattle, WA and after that shuttled in a 40 ft. ocean container by means of Samson Tug and Barge to Port of Valdez, AK which needed more logistical preparation than many domestic Mud Cat deliveries.
