CB&I is the original provider of the ClariCone^® solids contact clarifier for potable water and wastewater treatment. CB&I's experience and know-how is unparalleled with well over 300 ClariCone installations on a variety of applications, treating in excess of 700 million gallons per day. As the only supplier that provides complete engineering, fabrication, construction and commissioning on an in-house basis, CB&I can deliver ClariCone projects to ensure our project is successful.

We’ve been providing complete design-build services for the water industry for more than a century. We are one of the few EPC companies that have the integrated resources to perform nearly all aspects of a project—from front-end design through construction—ourselves. This single-source approach helps us control quality, manage costs and deliver superior results. In fact, a number of our ClariCone projects have garnered awards for engineering excellence from the American Consulting Engineer’s Council.

The economics of good design. The ClariCone’s design makes it more economical to operate and maintain than other water treatment systems. Mixing, tapered flocculation and sedimentation all take place within a completely hydraulically driven vessel. They are constructed entirely without mixers, scrapers, recycle pumps or other continuously moving parts, eliminating the need for oil changes and gear overhauls.

The ClariCone maintains a dense, suspended, rotating slurry blanket that provides excellent solids contact, accelerated floc formation and exceptional solids capture. Thus, chemical usage is reduced and O&M costs are minimized. The conically shaped concentrator maximizes the slurry discharge concentration and allows plant personnel to visually monitor slurry discharge.

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Other benefits of the ClariCone include:

• Space savings—The area beneath the ClariCone’s conical shell can be used for other equipment, and the small diameter of the lower cylinder reduces foundation costs.
• Stability—The large mass of retained slurry and unique helical flow pattern prevent short-circuiting and resist upsets.
• Intermittent operation—Following a shutdown, the ClariCone can be restarted in minutes, compared to hours or days for conventional units.

We also offer our patented FiltraCone™ modular water treatment system. The FiltraCone brings together the ClariCone with self-backwashing peripheral filters in a fully enclosed system, providing exceptional treated water quality with minimal maintenance, power use and cost.

Our company is unsurpassed in water industry expertise. With a century of experience and thousands of water storage and treatment projects to our credit, we have a record of proven results and in-depth knowledge. Contact: water@CBI.com