There are times when a simple pump design and less maintenance are preferred by pump users, especially in messy dirty wastewater applications. Such was...

Wastewater treatment plants are a relatively untapped opportunity in the world of energy efficiency. Although these energy costs represent the largest controllable expense for...

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

Secondary wastewater treatment, specifically activated sludge treatment, can be broken down into a series of unit processes, each of which are linked to the...

For the municipalities and contractors that clean endless miles of sewer lines, the goal has always been to clean more with less effort and...

By Soren Rasmussen, Landia A decade since it began, Cannington Bio Energy’s hive of activity is impressive—with volumes of waste arriving, waste being treated—and green...

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...

In part 1 of this series, we introduced a broad view of the use of online instrumentation for control of wastewater treatment aeration, which,...

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...

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works Stony Brook Pump Station was facing on-going interruptions to pumping operations as a result of “ragging”—a common...