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   Below the Surface: Where VMI Dredges Outperform the Ordinary Most People Never See the Work That Matters Most That’s fine. We’re not in this for applause, we’re in it for impact. VMI Dredges aren’t built for headlines. They’re built for hard jobs, hidden infrastructure, and the kind of results that don’t need to be explained, just experienced. When Ordinary Fails, We’re Already Working Clogged intake? Collapsing lagoon? Toxic buildup? That’s not the time to troubleshoot, it’s the time to mobilize. And our machines are made to move. Built fast. Engineered smart. Deployed with purpose. Design Begins Where Difficulty Starts VMI Dredges are shaped by adversity. From lined ponds to contaminated basins, unstable shorelines to inaccessible swamps our designs don’t avoid complexity, they embrace it. Because that’s where transformation lives. A Lineup That Covers Every Ground and Water - Horizontal Mini-Dredges for surgical precision and liner protection - Cutter Suction Dredges for...
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Way Back When Article, International Dredging Review, 2012, VMI MD-615 Dredging Soft Lime In Ohio

 VMI MD-615 DREDGING SOFT LIME IN OHIO

International Dredging Review, 2012

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Many water plants across the country are facing the problem of lime build-up from the water treatment process, with and no cost-effective way to dispose of the byproducts.

An Ohio water treatment plant came up with a creative solution to this problem that involved finding an agricultural partner to re-use the lime as a soil additive.

After researching possible partners, the plant tamed up with a local farmers' co-op and together they implemented a plan to dredge lime from the water treatment plant's quarry and sell it to area farmers at market price.

The co-op invested about $1 million in infrastructure next to the quarry, consisting of a VMI MD-615 dredge, tanks, pumps, testing equipment and a scale.  The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency approved the plan, and the co-op began serving local farmers in 2011.

The project will remove approximately 10,000 wet tons of "soft" lime from the quarry per year which the co-op then applies to farmers' fields.

Soft lime is a superior product to the dry lime that normally used to balance the pH of their fields after harvest.  The smaller particle size, or "fineness," of soft lime mixes into the soil more effectively than dry lime, and can be applied more evenly.  Because soft lime is liquid, the wind doesn't blow it away.

Environmentally, farmland application is better and more cost effective because the byproduct is not dumped into a landfill.

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Location: Ohio, USA

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