Operations update: dryer performance improves after polymer change

Public works staff gave a positive update on the wastewater dryer that had struggled to reach target throughput. Staff said that after experimenting with polymer types and a simple hose change, the dryer progressed from roughly 400 lb/hour to near—and in some tests above—its design rate of 800 lb/hour. “The dryer is designed to produce 800 lb of dry product per hour. We weren't getting 400 up until two weeks ago and now they had it near 900 pounds,” staff reported, describing tests and adjustments that appear to have resolved the prior performance problems.