10 expert tips to ensure safe sewer cleaning

Municipalities must safely clean and maintain many miles of sewer line annually to eliminate blockages and prevent sanitary sewer overflows, which are regulated by...

Lobe Pumps Reduce Maintenance and Downtime for Wastewater Treatment Plant

Veolia Water North America is a leading provider of water and wastewater services for municipalities, government entities, business and industry. In 1985, Veolia Water...

The Valley Center Way

At Valley Center Wastewater Treatment Plant, and at an increasing number of facilities across Kansas, the decision to buy the more expensive equipment at...

Clean Energy from Landfill Diversion Plus the Bonus of Biochar

Biochar is the carbon-rich product that is left over after the completion of the gasification process. (photo credit: Dillon Fuller) Lebanon, Tennessee, is located twenty-five miles...

French beef producer’s biomethane plant brings the juice

In collaboration with its French partner Agripower France, German manufacturer Weltec Biopower is currently building a biomethane plant for the Elivia Group. France‘s second-largest...

How Will THC and CBD Products Affect Water Treatment Needs?

By Rick Allen, BioLynceus, LLC  During my research for my new class “The Changing World of Pretreatment,” I ran across many new and inventive ways...

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...

In Times of Drought: Part 1 of 3

A prolonged and serious drought in the American West has elevated concerns about the state of our nation’s water use and supply. The United...

Hurricane-force Performance

At a Utah facility that has seven wastewater treatment lagoons treating 1.5 million gallons per day and over 300 acres of farm land, a new...

When to Replace Your RO Membrane

By Wes Byrne, U.S. Water On the surface, it might seem that knowing when to replace the membrane elements in a reverse osmosis (RO) system...