AI optimizes treatment processes

Stadtwerke Trier (SWT) operates the main wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Trier, with a capacity of 170,000 population equivalents. This facility was one of...

Recycling Earth’s Rapidly Shrinking Resource – Part 3 of 3

In the parts 1 and 2 of this series, we examined the benefits of reusing wastewater and the biological and disinfection processes available to...

Shopping for Water

For the past two decades, the American West has experienced a widespread and severe drought that has strained water-supply systems. This prolonged drought has...

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...

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...

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...

10 expert tips to ensure safe sewer cleaning

Municipalities must safely clean and maintain many miles of sewer line annually to eliminate blockages and prevent sanitary sewer overflows, which are regulated by...

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...

Eco-friendly Cost Reduction Through Anaerobic Sludge Stabilization

By Ann Börries, Weltec Biopower Following a public tender procedure, Weltec Biopower was awarded the contract for an anaerobic stage for the municipal sewage treatment...

Tubing Technology Pumps Polymers for Dewatering Efficiency

By Rob Martindale, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group As part of the Little Traverse Bay Environmental Project in northern Michigan, environmental consulting firm Pescador LLC treats...