How the Muckraker Will Change the Wastewater Management Industry

Let us paint a picture of the current state of dumping wastewater at receiving stations around the United States.

A truck pulls into the waste receiving station, loaded with blackwater from a freshly pumped septic tank or portable toilet. The crew gets to work. One man operates the valve on the truck while the other clears debris from the bar screen as the waste flows out in sputtering chunks.

Armed with a rake, the second worker painstakingly clears the mess. It's a tedious, time-consuming task. A task that can last as long as two hours. In its current state, this is the reality that receiving stations face.

This has forced the hand of municipal water treatment plants to turn away local septic companies. This, paired with rising water demands in growing cities, is a recipe for disaster.

Growing cities and towns lose out on potential revenue while septic companies are left scrambling for alternative treatment options. For some, this means higher costs. For others, it could lead to risky, environmentally harmful practices, with improper and dangerous land application being the biggest concern.

It's no secret that in fast-growing areas, such as Northwest Arkansas, treatment plants are struggling to keep running on infrastructure planned when the population was much lower. They're often forced to turn away septic waste haulers to maintain efficiency and keep city sewer lines running and costs down.

On top of that, the industry faces tight budgets and increasing ecological scrutiny. Traditional waste processing methods are not only costly and time-consuming, but in some cases, they can be hazardous to the health of workers.

The Muckraker attaches seamlessly to ease the strain on pumps, trucks, stations, and workers the moment it's switched on. We built it because nothing on the market solved the problem we had.

This machine works as an attachment to most current water-receiving plant. Simple setup.

From unload to the first truck dumping is about an hour. A forklift or telehandler sets the unit on a prepared pad, the auger assembly slides into its receivers and friction locks, four travel locks are removed, the hood safety switch goes on, and the unit plugs into a 240V NEMA 14-50R receptacle. Site preparation is the customer's responsibility and is covered in our Pre-Delivery Guide.

There's a growing need for innovation in wastewater management. With rising populations and stricter regulations, treatment plants face a tough choice: upgrade or continue facing inefficiencies while turning away potential business.

The Muckraker challenges the modern needs and worries of the wastewater management industry head-on. The ability to process 400 gallons of wastewater per minute through its vibrating sieves accelerates the separation of solids from liquids.

With the Muckraker, the solids are neatly compacted, squeezing out excess water to ensure landfill paint filter tests are passed. This helps keep free-flowing sewer water out of dumpsters, stinking up receiving stations and causing ecological harm.

The Muckraker is an ingenious solution to a problem that many in the industry have simply accepted as part of the process.

Traditional bar screens do their job by keeping solids out while letting liquids pass through, but they come with their own set of challenges. These require manual labor to keep them clean and often put workers in unpleasant situations.

The Muckraker builds on the concept of a bar screen but features a much tighter gap than the traditional ¾ inch screens. This means that even less debris gets through than conventional methods.

The Muckraker is a patent-pending vibrating perforated-basket screener for receiving-station work. It is built to address common bar-screen and dump-station constraints, including: