Water & Wastewater Treatment Equipment Serving Charlotte, NC
Precision lime slaking, biosolids stabilization, drying, storage, and truck loading systems engineered by RDP Technologies for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County municipal facilities.
Trusted Process Equipment for Charlotte Water & Wastewater Plants
For over 45 years, RDP Technologies has been building robust equipment, backed by dependable process performance, based upon a foundation of practical technologies that simply perform. Charlotte-area utilities count on RDP for clean, accurate, reliable systems that are simple and easy to maintain.
Biosolids Storage & Precision Truck Loading Systems
Charlotte Water operates five wastewater treatment plants serving over one million residents across Mecklenburg County, with facilities including Mallard Creek, McAlpine Creek, McDowell Creek, Sugar Creek, and Irwin Creek producing substantial daily biosolids volumes that must be handled consistently as the metro area continues its rapid expansion. Dependable storage and loadout equipment is essential to keeping the broader hauling program on schedule across all four seasons. RDP Technologies engineers biosolids storage systems and precision truck loading systems that automate the full flow from dewatering through to the departing truck.
Moving floor technology built into live bottom bin storage keeps sticky sludge cake flowing reliably through the Carolinas’ humid summer conditions and occasional cold snaps, eliminating the bridging and rat-holing common to conventional steep-walled hoppers. Sludge cake truck loading runs automatically through the precision truck loading system, with most loads completed within minutes and held to within a couple hundred pounds of the operator’s target weight.
Three decades and approximately three hundred biosolids conveying equipment installations have refined a layout that keeps trucks clean, departure times predictable, and operator involvement minimal at the bay. Because the cycle runs without continuous attendance, Charlotte-area plant staff can redirect labor toward higher-value work elsewhere in the facility. For utilities running heavy hauler rotations to agricultural land application sites across the Carolina Piedmont and beyond, that automation directly improves daily throughput and reduces overtime costs.
Biosolids Lime Stabilization & Pasteurization Solutions in Charlotte, NC
North Carolina’s biosolids landscape has seen substantial change in recent years, with PFAS concerns reshaping land application practices and NCDEQ tightening monitoring requirements across the state. Charlotte-area utilities planning long-term biosolids strategy increasingly look at Class A treatment pathways for the additional flexibility and market access they provide. RDP Technologies has been delivering EPA 503 compliant lime-based solutions since the federal rules were first established, supporting both Class A biosolids treatment and Class B biosolids stabilization at facilities across the Carolinas.
The EnVessel Pasteurization biosolids pasteurization system stands as one of the most widely deployed Class A processes nationally, with more than 70 installations operating across the United States. EnVessel pairs lime addition with controlled supplemental heat instead of leaning on heavy lime overdosing, keeping chemical demand reasonable while reliably hitting the time, temperature, and pH thresholds required for full pathogen kill.
Enhanced Pasteurization moves the cycle into a sealed sequencing batch reactor where lime drives pH above 12 and controlled heating completes disinfection. Both pathways serve as proven wastewater pathogen reduction equipment, supported by published case studies and decades of operational data from municipalities nationwide. For Charlotte-area facilities planning capital upgrades against NCDEQ requirements and the evolving PFAS regulatory landscape, these are regulator-recognized options with strong long-term track records.
Lime Slaking & Feed Systems for Charlotte Water Treatment Facilities
Charlotte Water draws its drinking water primarily from Mountain Island Lake on the Catawba River, with treatment at the Franklin Water Treatment Plant and Vest Water Treatment Plant supplying over one million residents across Mecklenburg County. Lime feed plays a key role in pH adjustment, corrosion control, and Lead and Copper Rule compliance throughout one of the fastest-growing utility service areas in the Southeast. RDP Technologies designs lime slaking and feed systems engineered for the precision and reliability that high-volume Carolina Piedmont operations require year-round.
The Tekkem family of lime slakers for water treatment applies load cell technology to combine a measured weight of quicklime with a measured weight of water, holding the slaking reaction within the proven 180°F to 190°F temperature window. This weight-based control approach enables precision lime dosing systems with slurry concentration adjustable from one percent up to thirty percent based on plant requirements.
The same Tekkem platform converts to operate as a hydrated lime feed system without any physical modifications, providing flexibility as lime market conditions shift across the Carolinas and the broader Southeast. A continuous slurry delivery loop combined with pinch valve and flow meter dosing supports accurate feed at multiple application points within a facility. With only one moving part inside the reaction tank, maintenance demands stay infrequent and predictable for plants running around the clock through Charlotte’s growing seasonal demand cycle.
Custom Engineering & Process Equipment Support Serving Charlotte
Water and wastewater infrastructure across the Charlotte metro region has expanded continuously to support one of the fastest-growing metro areas in the country, with new treatment capacity and major capital upgrade programs running concurrently to keep up with population growth across Mecklenburg County and the surrounding ring of suburban counties. RDP Technologies brings over 45 years of custom process equipment engineering experience to capital projects across Charlotte, Concord, Gastonia, and the broader Charlotte metro region.
As a wastewater treatment equipment manufacturer that handles design, fabrication, and controls programming under one roof, we adapt to existing tankage, constrained site footprints, and operator workflows rather than forcing a generic package into a difficult location. Our intelligent control platforms integrate cleanly with SCADA systems and meet the detailed reporting expectations of North Carolina DEQ, regional clean water programs, and EPA Region 4 oversight.
We engage directly with municipal engineers, consulting firms, and plant operations staff from early scoping through commissioning and long-term technical support. Robust equipment, dependable process performance, and practical technologies that simply perform are the principles that have guided every project we deliver. Charlotte-area facilities benefit from working with a single accountable manufacturer that designs, builds, and stands behind the equipment for the long haul.
Biosolids Drying Systems for Charlotte Wastewater Plants
With PFAS-related restrictions tightening across North Carolina and beneficial reuse markets evolving across the Carolinas, biosolids drying systems offer Charlotte-area wastewater plants a strategic capital investment for reducing both hauling distance and disposal cost over the long term. The RDP-Fenton wastewater sludge dryer operates on a repeating batch cycle that allows drying time to be adjusted to match the natural variation in sludge cake solids concentration coming off the dewatering line.
Batch sludge drying equipment handles those upstream variations cleanly, whereas continuous-flow dryers often struggle when feed quality shifts unexpectedly. Operators in the field have repeatedly noted how little daily attention the system requires once a stable recipe is dialed in.
The dried product comes out significantly reduced in volume and weight, lowering trucking costs and opening pathways into fertilizer, soil amendment, and energy recovery markets across North Carolina, South Carolina, and the broader Southeast region. Pairing the dryer with upstream RDP lime feed or storage equipment gives Charlotte wastewater plants a fully integrated biosolids handling line backed by a single manufacturer with consistent controls and ongoing support. Long service life and ease of operation were the design priorities from the start, and that focus shows up clearly in real-world performance data from installed sites across the country.
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