OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH A U.S. COAST GUARD R&D PROTOTYPE SHIPBOARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

This paper summarizes the operational experience which was gained during the first six months of the test and evaluation of an R&D prototype wastewater treatment system on board a 157-ft (47.8-m) coastal buoy tender, the CGC Red Beech (WLM 686). The ship has a crew of 34 officers and men, and operates in and around New York Harbor. The CGC Red Beech uses a salt water flush, and is equipped with a collection, holding, and transfer system. Sewage is pumped from a holding tank amidships to the wastewater treatment system in the ship's after steering compartment by a grinder pump. The treatment system removes gross solids by screening the effluent through a hydrasieve.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared for ASME Meeting, July 21-24, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • White, J A
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Grinders; Pumps; Sewage holding tanks; Sewage treatment; Ships; Water quality management
• Old TRIS Terms: Sewage grinder pumps; Sewage treatment systems; Shipboard sewage treatment
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129769
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Pap N75-ENAs-27
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 10 1976 12:00AM