Virginia Project Aims to Rein In Land Subsidence
A United States Geological Survey report in 2013 found that land subsidence in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay region has been occurring since the 1940s. Rates...
A Solution for “Watered In” Landfill Gas Wells
By David Kaminski, QED Environmental Systems, Inc.
Waste Management's Springhill Regional Landfill near Campbellton, Florida generates "green" energy by extracting and burning the methane in...
Protecting Pumps and Perfecting Septage Receiving in Colorado
Septage, or septic tank sludge, receiving creates extra demands on a water resource recovery facility’s (WRRF) equipment and treatment process. Dozens of septage trucks...
eMAXX-imizing Semiconductor Production Reliability
The driving force for the founding of eMAXX GmbH can be said to have been found in the saying that “Great minds think alike.”...
Positive Displacement Pumps Keep LPG Flowing
Petroleum refiners have historically used flares to burn off waste gases to meet product specifications. This practice is increasingly at odds with environmental regulations...
Taking the Heat from Sludge Removal
By Alejandro Duque and Patricio Egan, Mueller Water Products, Inc.
The Guadalupe IV Hydroelectric plant is located 43 miles from the of city Medellin, Antioquia,...
As Sure as the Sun Rises
Photovoltaics is process by which semiconductors produce electricity generated by exposure to the radiation in sunlight. The word is not well known to most...
Direct In-line Pump System Saves the Day
Submersible pump stations around the world share a common enemy, the not so “flushable” wipe. In a tradition wet well system, these wipes are...
Clean solution saves $30,000 in chemicals annually
A major Midwestern snack producer had concerns about the high costs of the defoamer product that they were using and were interested in finding an...
Creating a Customized Piping Solution
By Stan Pachorek, Mueller
Queen Creek, Arizona, is a town of approximately 26,000 located 40 miles southwest of Phoenix. Brian Quill is Queen Creek’s utilities...









