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Plant Pre-Delivery Instructions
General

Your
Wastewater Treatment System is a complete, prefabricated system shipped
to you ready to be installed at the Owners project site.  Several
of the subassemblies will be shipped loose for field reassembly because
shipping limitations will not permit them to be shipped attached to
the tank.  Before the plant arrives at the job site and you receive
shipment, there are some very important details that must be checked
by the owner's installing contractor. 

Please review the following instructions carefully
and study the drawings of your system to obtain a working knowledge
of the equipment you will receive. If you should have any questions
or need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately
at Pollution Control Systems, Inc., telephone 513-831-1165.

These suggestions are for you guidance; by carefully
reading them before you begin work, you may avoid costly mistakes. 
If you should note an error, please contact us immediately.  With
proper care and by following these suggested and simple instructions,
installation time and money can be saved.

Scheduled Delivery Date

After production
schedules are reviewed, you will be advised of an approximate shipping
date. If our schedule does not meet with your site plans, please contact
us immediately.  If we are not notified before the highway permits
have been purchased, the customer will be responsible for any additional
cost for new shipping permits if rescheduling is required. The validity
of highway permits varies from state to state, usually three to five
days.

Excavation

A
study of the shop drawings on your System will permit you to determine
the size and depth (if any) of excavation needed for your installation. 
The size of the excavation should be at least two feet wider and longer
than the tank dimensions to allow room for anchoring and paint touch-up
before backfilling. Pile excavated material far enough away from the
excavation to allow trucks and crane to operate safely from either side.

It
is desirable to backfill up to a point above the water level in the
plant on all four sides to prevent freezing in climates where this condition
can occur.

Foundation Pad

Due to the construction of the wastewater

treatment system,
a concrete foundation

slab is necessary. 
This slab is to be used

as a tank base
and in some cases for

anchoring the vessel
to prevent floatation.

The design and construction of this slab is

the responsibility
of the customers Project

Engineer. 
For minimal sizing (slab is being

used for alignment
purposes only), refer to

the foundation
slab drawing(s) supplied. 

These slabs have
been sized to accommodate

the tank only and
are not designed for soil

conditions.      

Notice
the open areas in the foundation slab

to accommodate
the hopper cones.

Reinforcing bars embedded into the concrete foundation pad are welded
to the side of the tank walls to secure the plant and in some cases
help prevent floatation.

To
help determine the exact slab design needed, assume that the total weight
of the plant will act as a uniformly distributed load acting along the
entire length of the foundation slab. If one or more zones in the tank
will be empty while others are full, this must be taken into account.

It
is extremely important that the foundation slab is level; if it is not,
the system will not function properly. The slab must be level within
the following tolerances: 0.5" in 10' across the width and within
0.25" in 10' along the length. Where crowns in the slab, or any
other non-standard workmanship exists, they must be corrected by resurfacing
the slab, or by placing a sand cushion on top of the slab to achieve
full uniform bearing.

The
Project Engineer should check the foundation slab before the treatment
system arrives. Where floatation conditions exist, as in fluid soil,
a foundation slab of adequate size and weight should be supplied to
equal the bearing soil pressures. Sufficient anchor bolts and/or rods
should be provided to securely anchor the tank to the foundation pad.

Shipping

In almost every
case, shipment of your prefabricated plant is by special lowboy trucks.
Adequate level road access must be provided for the lowboy trucks to
access the offloading area of the plant. When your plant is shipped
by truck, the delivery will be from the fabrication facilities directly
to the job site. When the truck arrives, direct the driver to

position
the trailer, if possible, so that the hopper end of the tank will be
placed at the discharge end of the pad.  This will eliminate having
to reposition the tanks later.

Alternate Means of Shipping

Common
carrier service can be used for shipping those systems small enough
in both size and weight. In these cases, the plant shall be delivered
to the nearest truck dock. It will be the customer's responsibility
to arrange moving the system to the project site.

Unloading

When the plant arrives at the jobsite, the

Contractor should have the necessary

equipment available to unload and set

the vessel(s) on the foundation pad. 

A crane of adequate size is usually the

simplest method for unloading the plant. 

Lifting lugs are supplied on the vessel to

ease handling. 

Prior to setting the tank(s) in position, check
the inside of all chambers for pallets, boxes, bags, and loose pieces
of equipment that have been placed there for shipping.  Remove
these pallets with the crane before it leaves the project site and prior
to setting the tanks in position on the foundation pad.  The blower/motor unit(s), control panel(s), handrail(s), and
magnesium anodes are typical of these items.

After
setting the plant in position, check to be sure that it is level and
in correct position.

Our
package wastewater treatment system will be completely assembled and
shipped as a unit where shipping dimensional regulations permits t