The Right Way to Handle Low Flow
There may be instances when a building water system needs to be shut down or placed in an isolation condition, including temporary closures of...
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...
Modeling Solutions for the Unsung Hero
By Walt Prentice, Applied Flow Technology
When you think of processing plants, you may think of oil, its derivatives, and other chemical products. After all,...
Removing Struvite from Wastewater Systems
Named after Henrich Christian Gottfried Von Struve, who discovered the magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals in medieval sewer systems in Hamburg in 1845, struvite is...
All Winery Wastewater Treatment in One System
Wineries facing the dilemma of processing both their wine-making process wastewater and their sanitary wastewater—in a manner that is cost-effective, environmentally friendly, and regulatory-compliant—now...
On the Strength of Design
In 1978, an innovation occurred in centrifuge technology that changed the market. The dominant centrifuge technologies of the time, the nozzle disk centrifuge and...
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...
Chopper Pump or Dual-Shafted Grinder?
Flushable wipes continue to inundate pump stations throughout North America, clogging both pumps and pipes and often requiring operators to remove the offending debris...
St. Bernard Parish Combats Brain-eating Amoeba with Fifty Automatic Flushing Units
By Mark Magda, Mueller Water Products
St. Bernard Parish is situated southeast of New Orleans in the state of Louisiana. In 2005, hurricane Katrina caused...
The Village of Montpelier Improves Efficiency with New Gas Chlorinator System
When Bill Blakely, the water treatment superintendent of the Village of Montpelier, Ohio, commented that the village had “pretty good tasting water,” little did...









