C5 Innovation

Wastewater Treatment Facilities

There is probably no other conventional concrete application that is subjected to more sustained attack than wastewater treatment plants. From the moment the wastewater treatment plant is commissioned its concrete comes under constant attack from:

• Sulphuric acid attack from raw sewage

• Hydrogen sulfide gas attack on the crowns of pipes and tunnels that can collapse the degraded concrete over time

• Surface abrasion attack from sludge, contaminants and other materials in the sewage stream flows removing the surface paste of concrete

• Concrete contamination that enters via surface capillaries that can cause cracks and moisture seepage through the concrete matrix pores for placed concrete.

SA CAM 110 is a penetrant that fully enters the surface capillaries to invoke a calcium silicate hydrate reaction with the free cement and calcium to FILL (not just block) the capillaries with a reaction compound that ensures that none of the attack conditions listed above can damage the concrete surfaces, paste or matrix, greatly extending the service life of the concrete.

For ready mix concrete production, CAM 110 enhances the mix water ensuring production of stronger, denser concrete with fewer and shorter capillaries due to the improved curing and free cement hydration that results from its application into the mix before all other concrete components.

SA CAM 110 and CAM 110 are totally VOC free, safe to apply and cannot harm the environment. C5ST products, based upon a unique catalyzed colloidal nano silica technology, provide permanent concrete protection solutions that no coating, membrane, or conventional surface chemical treatment products can ever match.