Capture debris and a competitive edge.

For over 45 years, companies around the world have relied on Hydro Component Systems (HCS) to keep their water intake environments free from debris – and the costly problems debris can cause. Our innovative debris capture and removal solutions, including trash racks and trash rakers, give companies a competitive advantage by helping them to protect expensive equipment, increase efficiency and reduce downtime.

Easy to install, use and maintain, our durable products have been successfully utilized in a wide range of water environments and industries:

• Power generation
• Wastewater treatment plants
• Pulp, paper & steel mills
• Municipal water intakes
• Storm water pumping stations
• Water parks
• Petro chemical plants
• Custom applications

At HCS, we not only manufacture and sell our American-made products – we also use them every day at our own hydroelectric plants. So, our customers benefit from our daily in-field research, hands-on experience and quality control.

Ideal for a variety of applications:

• Intake screens
• Storm water overflows
• Culvert and drainage underflows
• Cooling water screens
• Headworks
• Flow straighteners

For the past 45 years, Hydro Component Systems has been a pioneer in debris capture solutions for water intake environments. As the manufacturer of the products we sell, HCS has complete control of every aspect of them, from molding and extruding, metal fabrication and specialty machine engineering, to assembly operations, quality assurance and product delivery. We understand our customers’ needs because we use our patented trash rakers* and trash racks every day at our own hydroelectric plants. We expect the same dependable, high performance as you do.