Water 101: A Primer for the Primacy of Water

By Anna Kučírková If you’re reading this, water is probably easily available to you. You may even have a bottle of water sitting right next...

Automatic Scraper Strainers Protect Critical Membrane Systems

For industrial process facilities, membrane filtration is a valuable, commonly used means of filtering water and wastewater. The challenge is that membrane systems are...

The Path to Water Innovation: Part 2 of 2

Innovation in the U.S. water industry is incremental and fragmented. In the second half of this policy brief, Ajami, Thompson, and Victor propose increasing...

Inside vertical turbine pumps: Part 2 of 2

Miss part 1? Read it here. In the first part of this series, we demonstrated how vertical turbine pumps (VTPs) are an essential element of...

The Dollars and Sense Behind Fast Concrete Washouts

For ready-mixed concrete plant executives, traditional methods of washing out concrete trucks can seriously compromise efficiency and profitability, wasting a significant amount of time...

Brazilian Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Finds Success

By Rogerio Melo, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group One of Brazil's state-owned water and waste treatment companies is engaged in the supply and treatment of water,...

Triple Win: Part 2 of 2

In last month’s introduction to this article, the City of Riverbank, California, hired Schneider Electric to evaluate its wastewater treatment plant for energy savings...

Energy-Efficient Aeration for the New Century: Part 2 of 2

Aeration accounts for a 50 to 70 percent of a treatment plant’s power consumption, and in part 1 of this series, we examined the...

Graf Creamery optimizes wastewater operations

Graf Creamery, a Midwestern butter and cream production plant, was experiencing issues with the fat and grease build-up in their holding cell retention pond....

The Right Equipment Won’t Chicken Out

By Soren Rasmussen, Landia When it comes to industrial wastewater, few industries provide the challenges of poultry processing. Beside the strict regulations that come with...