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Cary Meadow acquired Patriot Environmental Services in 2014 and since then has worked to grow the firm into the preeminent environmental solutions provider it is today. As chairman and CEO of the company, Cary Meadow helps the firm carry out complex projects, including those related to wastewater treatment facilities.
The water used and disposed of down millions of drains every day often undergoes a special process to restore it to drinkability. Untreated water, also referred to as wastewater, originates from multiple different sources, including that from homes, called sewage water, and that from industrial facilities, called industrial wastewater. Municipal wastewater encompasses sewage as well as industrial wastewater.
Wastewater begins its journey to treatment by entering the main sewer, which takes it to a wastewater treatment facility. Once there, the water goes through a series of filters that prevent large and small objects from passing through.
After that, the water gathers in specialized tanks to undergo sedimentation, a process that encourages particles to fall and create sediment at the tank’s bottom. Thus completes primary wastewater treatment, after which the water is 60 percent less polluted than it was when it first arrived at the facility.
In the second phase, the process relies on natural actors, like bacteria and chemical processes, to breakdown and consume pollutants in the water. After treatment, the water is inspected to ensure it is drinkable, and it is then allowed to enter circulation for commercial and domestic use.
