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...

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...

Innovations in Domestic Water Well Products Simplify Installation, Maintenance: Part 2...

Last month, we introduced a solution for contractors looking for an option other than installing a traditional control box and pressure switch, running wires...

Wastewater Facility Upgrades Prove Their Worth

Clarifier pre-construction at Addison; worn gearbox, cracked walls and a worn arm that would often stick. Working alone in New York State, approximately 90 to...

Don’t Just Settle With Poor Water Pressure

Households all over the world deal with water pressure fluctuations on a daily basis. Depending on the amount of water being used within the...

Optimizing Polymer Performance in Municipal Water Treatment

Historians have determined that one of the first recorded examples of water treatment occurred more than 4,000 years ago when the ancient Egyptians used...

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...

Scoring High Marks

Water distribution system operators need to identify issues within their networks efficiently and accurately. They also need to be able to fix them when...

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...

Desalination is booming, but faces a saltwater reality check

As population grows and economies expand, they are putting an immense strain on the world’s water supplies. According to the UN World Water Development...