No need to waste time, let’s cut to the chase: sewage stinks. Water reclamation plants have to put special consideration into odor control when choosing materials in addition to safety and logistical factors. Fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) products are widely used throughout the water reclamation industry for variety of reasons.
Every water and wastewater treatment plant manager strives to provide the best plant performance within a given operating budget since they are very cost conscious.
Wastewater and Water treatment plants historically used grating, stair treads, railing, ladders and structural platforms made from traditional materials (steel, galvanized steel, aluminum and wood). The popularity in these materials is not driven by the product that would provide the safest or longest lasting service life but the availability and initial product cost. While these traditional materials have been used in wastewater plant applications over 100 years, fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) products have only been available for nearly five decades