The Pursuit of a Green Carbon Steel Corrosion Inhibitor: Part 3...

Many inhibitors considered for use in an environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitor program are organic in nature and may be subject to oxidation. This paper...

Big Blower Savings for the United Kingdom’s Water and Wastewater Company

Following a highly detailed study with its proven FreeFlowi4.0 (FFi4) pump monitoring equipment, optimization experts Riventa have identified annual savings of $303,000 for nine...

Challenges of Low Boron Removal Requirements in Large-scale Seawater Desalination Plants...

In part 1 of this series, we began a discussion of a seawater desalination process that takes the boron removal issue to the edge,...

Peach Lake Finds a Solution for a Dying Septic System: ...

Last month, we introduced the dilemma of dying septic systems pushing the fragile ecology of Peach Lake to the brink. After two separate State...

Ending the scourge of “blown toilets”

For the operators cleaning municipal sewer, storm and sanitary lines, dreaded “blown toilets” can quickly become a community clean-up and public relations nightmare.  “A ‘blown...

Uniform Distribution in Headers and Distribution Systems

PART 2/2 In part one of this article, we examined two common systems, one using compressible gasses, and the other using non-compressible liquids, that provide...

Wastewater Plants Embrace Automation

For wastewater plants, the time is right to move toward greater digitization, efficiency, and the benefits of automation. To assist with these goals, ABB...

Recycling Earth’s Rapidly Shrinking Resource – Part 3 of 3

In the parts 1 and 2 of this series, we examined the benefits of reusing wastewater and the biological and disinfection processes available to...

How to Control Activated Sludge with Online Sensors: Part 3 of...

Figure 3: On-Off Control Dissolved Oxygen Response (source: Meck, D., R. Odum, N. Wobbrock, Cornell University) In the final piece of this series, we detail...

Innovative Technology Improves Residential Water Management: Part 1 of 2

The University of Texas at Austin power plants provide heating and air conditioning for two hundred buildings totaling over one-hundred million cubic feet of...