54 sounds in category Electricity, gas, heat and water supply
  • The sewage treatment plant (7): the sand pit – the sand removal building

    Soundscape recorded in the sand removal building. The installation is used for the final removal of sand from sewage (about 6 tonnes of sand per day). The...
  • The sewage treatment plant (8): the sand trap – sewage following sand removal

    Sounds recorded at a site where sewage purified from sand goes towards the primary settling tanks. The recording was made at the Płaszów Sewage Treatment...
  • The sewage treatment plant (9): primary settling tanks

    Sounds recorded above the primary settling tank. It is one of four round tanks in which the last stage of mechanical treatment takes place, i.e. separation...
  • Under The James Kay “Dancers end” engine

    Recording from under the James Kay engine, also known as the Dancers End engine, takes its name from Lord Rothschild's estate at Dancer's End, near Tring,...
  • Waterworks (1): the coagulation building – coagulant dosing pumps

    The operation of pumps which dose the raw water coagulant in the coagulation building. The raw water from the intake on the Rudawa River is pumped into...
  • Waterworks (10): the chlorination building – chlorine dioxide production generators

    Operation of the chlorine dioxide production generators for water disinfection. A chemical reaction occurs in the generators; as a result of mixing...
  • Waterworks (11): the treated water pumping station

    Soundscape recorded in the hall of the treated water pumping station. A set of pumps and auxiliary devices suck treated water from collecting wells...
  • Waterworks (12): the sludge press

    Sounds of the sludge thickening press. ZUW Rudawa also handles sludge generated in the water treatment process (sludge from sedimentation in post-coagulation...
  • Waterworks (2): the coagulation building – rapid mixers

    The sounds of high-speed mixers in the coagulation building. Rapid mixers are used to quickly dissolve the dosed coagulant (poly-aluminium chloride) in...
  • Waterworks (3): the coagulation building – slow mixers

    The sounds of slow mixers in the coagulation building. The slow mixers consist of eight chambers fitted with two slow agitators with rotation speed regulation....
  • Waterworks (4): the sand filter building – filter aeration

    The sound was recorded in the course of aerating the sand filter. Water from the settling tank where most suspended matter was removed, goes into the...
  • Waterworks (5): the sand filter building – filter rinsing

    The sound was recorded in the course of rinsing the sand filter bed. The recording was made at the Rudawa Water Treatment Plant, which is part of Krakow...