Smart Metering Comes to the Lone Star State

Energy and sustainability expert Schneider Electric partners with the City of Raymondville, Texas, to implement a city-wide water meter upgrade to improve city services,...

Benefits of Permanently Installed Automatic Insulation Resistance (IR) Testing: Part 1...

Since over 80 percent of electrical maintenance testing involves evaluating insulation integrity, Insulation Resistance Testing (IR) is a very important test. This is because...

Acorns, User Experience, and Optimization

Along the Tampa Riverwalk, while attending the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) convention, I saw the following quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The creation...

Rapid Response Halts Sewage Overflow Catastrophe

What began as an otherwise nondescript Thursday afternoon in mid-February of this year in a municipality near Washington D.C. ended with an unexpected catastrophe...

Dry Seal Testing for Progressive Cavity Pumps

The following report will study the effects of loss of liquid in the wet well during operation of the KPCG-21 progressive cavity grinder pump...

Municipal Utility District Reduces Energy Demand Penalties and Implements Condition Based...

Unlike residential consumers, industrial and commercial companies are required to pay for the reactive KVA demand power along with the active KW energy consumed....

Agitator Pumps Power through Coal Slurry at Electric Plant

Coal continues to play a significant role in the U.S. electric power industry. The American Coal Foundation reports that nine of every 10 tons...

Eccentric Disc Pump Certified for Potentially Explosive Atmospheres

The eccentric disc pump JE Series is now available and certified for potentially explosive atmospheres for ATEX Zone 1. Today, all pumps proposed can...

Odor and Corrosion Control in Wastewater Collection Systems: Part 2 of...

In part 1 of this series, we discussed the corrosion issues associated with hydrogen sulfide in wastewater collection systems. The main classes of reactions...

Clogs Get a “Get Out of Jail Free” Card

Although by no means overwhelming, clogging problems in a county prison wastewater treatment system had simply become a nuisance, and it was time to...