Identifying the causes of odor emissions & hydrogen sulfide corrosion
Odor Control
Odor issues are multifaceted. At V&A, our experience in solving corrosion issues has led us to develop a proven and comprehensive mitigation plan that cost-effectively addresses the three critical issues related to odor control for water and wastewater treatment facilities:
1) Community Odor Complaints
2) Infrastructure Corrosion caused by hydrogen sulfide, the primary odorous compound for most municipal wastewater collection systems and treatment plants
3) Health and Safety risks associated with hydrogen sulfide
Odor Control Services:
Hydrogen sulfide and corrosion mitigation plans
Hydrogen sulfide and differential pressure monitoring
Liquid and gas phase odor sampling
Field olfactometry
Fan testing
Performance testing
Comprehensive odor control design
Trust your dirty work to V&A
Trust your odor and corrosion mitigation efforts to experts with over 40 years of field experience addressing each aspect of sulfide-related odor, corrosion, and safety challenges for your facility. Our approach gives your facility a holistic response to sulfide problems.
What our comprehensive odor mitigation services provide for clients:
1) Prevents Community Complaints: We understand that municipalities want to be good neighbors by being proactive in responding to odor concerns from the public. Through our analysis and proven mitigation solutions, that target biological, chemical, and physical conditions that contribute to odor generation, we ensure both the immediate odor concerns and long-term odor-causing conditions are addressed.
2) Extends Infrastructure Life: Covering up odor issues will not be an effective use of budget and resources over the life of a facility. At V&A, we know corrosion, often has a more costly impact on hydrogen sulfide production and release than odor complaints, and by leveraging our deep knowledge of corrosion we mitigate the cause of the hydrogen sulfide generation.
3) Supports Safe Conditions: Our engineers understand that the health and safety of their personnel are paramount. V&A is skilled in developing and implementing safety response plans for the presence of hydrogen sulfide to ensure worker safety.
Odor Control Innovations and Accomplishments Unique to V&A:
Our investment in superior odor control technology and systems is evident in our project experience:
Successfully developed innovative odor control solutions, including custom-designed biological odor control systems.
We pioneered and refined monitoring of headspace air pressure in sewers to identify areas prone to positive pressure and odor release.
We created a computer-based sewer ventilation model to calculate the volume of air released from a collection system and identify locations prone to odor release.