All-Terrain Sewer Stimulates Economy of Arkansas’s Newest City

Southside contains a very rocky terrain. In some areas, the ground is clay while in others, approximately three feet of soil sit above limestone...

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...

Long-life Pumps for the Real World

Drinking water from lakes and rivers must be treated prior to delivery to the general public. Great effort is taken to transport fresh 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...

Improving Monitoring at Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities

One of the biggest challenges of monitoring multiple water and wastewater facilities is maintaining real-time visibility of critical conditions at all sites. Facilities need...

Solutions for Big Water Challenges Come in Small Packages

One of the biggest clean water challenges faced by many communities is land – or rather, the lack of it. As urbanization increases and...

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...

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...

A World in Crisis Needs Safe Water

By Dominic Sims, International Code Council Although 70 percent of our planet is covered with water, less than one percent is drinkable. Clean water is...

Wastewater System Restart or Initial Startup?

In the world of wastewater these days, there are many challenges that will occur. Some you may have already seen and some may appear...