Siltbuster In Action

Please click on the icons below to read several case studies on some of the many projects that Siltbusters have been used on. For further information please contact us, or call the number above.

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Hydrodemolition Project

.....The project, at the South Terminal’s Multi Storey Car Park (MSCP) 3 is showcasing the latest in environmental management best practice, by using two Siltbuster FB50 water treatment units to settle fine solids from run-off water produced by the hydrodemolition of damaged concrete.....

Car Manufacturing Plant

.....An ongoing issue at the site is that solids build up in the closed loop water distribution system for the factory can block the water passages.....

Heathrow Terminal 5 Construction

.....A key part of the strategy is the use of the Siltbuster units, positioned at specific locations to trap any solids and polish the water before it is released off site.....

Ready Use Concrete Company Limited

.....As a result of seeing the Siltbuster at the International Quarrying and Recycling Exhibition at Hillhead in June 2003, Ready Use approached Unipure to trial a unit at its Dunmurry plant.....

De-Silting of Barbican Centre Lakes, Central London

.....The initial phase of the project was to safely remove the fish and other wildlife from the lakes before the process of pumping the water and silt out of the lake could begin.....

Environmental Targets for Scottish Road Project

.....Phase 1 of a £35.6m road project serving the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland is meeting stringent environmental targets for wastewater discharged from site, despite a high level of suspended solids, thanks to the 24-hour operation of two Siltbuster HB50 mobile silt traps......

Redundant Gasholder at Porthcawl

.....The gasholder was to be demolished and the water had to be removed and treated before being discharged to a soak-away in accordance with the Environment Agency’s Discharge Consent......

Siltbuster joins AMEC’s Pavement Team at Gatwick Airport

.....The pavement team purchased it’s first Siltbuster unit in July 2003 as part of a contract to construct new power supply and distribution facilities for the aircraft stands and aprons.....

Ibstock Brick Limited

.....When their site at Tannochside, near Glasgow wanted to treat the effluent from their Special Shaped Brick Cutting Operations they called in Siltbuster.....


Lake Cleanup after Pollution Incident

.....It was proposed that the water would be pumped out of the lake to remove the oil on the water surface and the disturbed silt via temporary interceptor and that the oil and silt would then to be tankered off site for appropriate disposal.....

Siltbuster in the Dock at Falmouth

.....Seastructures Ltd. were employed as the principle contractor to carry out the installation on the lock gates and to pump out the water from within the impounded basin down to above the silt level. A further complication was that the Dock was contaminated with TBT which has to be treated.....

Headache on Contaminated Site in Cardiff

.....The specified discharge limits were such that initially the only viable means of meeting them was to tanker all the water off site, an expensive operation. Another solution was looked for and a Siltbuster was installed.....