Most separator problems begin long before a tank is ever installed. The sizing was wrong. The flow assumptions were rosy. The media was an afterthought. The baffles were decorative. Someone copied specs from a system that never worked in the first place.
Mercer does not build around guesses, shortcuts or catalog models. After your Free Site Audit, our engineering and design team creates a real, evidence-backed solution—one that reflects your wastewater, your flows, your solids loading, your hydraulics, your constraints, and your performance requirements.
We do the math. We show our work. We design what will actually solve your problem.
A separator is not a box. It is a process. A flow path. A controlled environment governed by physics, chemistry and real-world abuse.
If the design is wrong, nothing else matters. You will spend the next decade:
Mercer’s design process ends that cycle.
We engineer separators that work on the worst day, not just the day the spec sheet was written.
CLEAR DIFFERENTIATION
Using your audit data, we build a realistic and sometimes unforgiving model of your system:
If your system cannot meet its goals under these conditions, we redesign until it can.
Unlike vendors who drop in any off-the-shelf media that “looks about right,” Mercer designs the exact Multi-Pack™ configuration your wastewater demands.
We determine:
This is the engineering that prevents media collapse, fouling, channeling and premature failure.
Most separators fail here.
If hydraulics are not controlled, separation does not happen.
Mercer designs:
This protects the plate pack and ensures the entire system performs as designed.
Mercer provides the documentation that plant decision-makers need and that operators can trust.
You receive:
This is the level of work a process design company provides—not a tank fabricator.
When needed, Mercer can:
This eliminates surprises and accelerates approvals.
If your tank has good bones, Mercer can often transform it.
We engineer:
Retrofit design protects your investment and rescues systems that never worked as intended.
Engineering & Design is the bridge between the audit and the pilot.
This is where we:
This is how Mercer guarantees results.
Our confidence comes from design, not hope.
You get a separator design that stands up to the real world, not just the CAD model.
Engineering is the decision point. Every path forward depends on doing this step right.
Test the solution in your wastewater under your flow conditions.
If it does not work, you do not buy anything.
If the design is straightforward and confidence is high, skip the pilot and implement the permanent solution.
If CapEx is constrained, Mercer will fund the equipment and include engineering, monitoring, maintenance, and support in a monthly service model.
We design separators the way process engineers design reactors, clarifiers, and treatment systems: with rigor, with real-world awareness, and with a refusal to pretend plastic media behaves the same on Day 1 as it does on Day 30.
That is why our units are more expensive up front but far less expensive over the life of the system.
