Water Treatment Systems and Methods for Poultry Chillers

A water treatment system for a poultry chiller including a chiller tank, the system comprising:

• a float holding tank at the chiller tank;
• and
• a float removal mechanism at the float holding tank that is configured to remove float from the float holding tank,
• wherein the float removal mechanism comprises a floating weir in the float holding tank and a drain chute in communication with the outside of the float holding tank, the floating weir comprising an upper opening with a weir edge configured to allow float on a surface of the water to pass over the weir edge into the upper opening and a lower opening configured to allow float passing through the floating weir to exit through the drain chute, the floating weir further configured to float in the water of the float holding tank with the weir edge proximate the water level in the float holding tank.