Energy-Efficient Aeration for the New Century

If energy-efficient Aeration is not your priority—even when it is well documented that Aeration accounts for a pretty staggering 50 to 70 percent of...

The Right Material Makes All the Difference

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

Ending the scourge of “blown toilets”

For the operators cleaning municipal sewer, storm and sanitary lines, dreaded “blown toilets” can quickly become a community clean-up and public relations nightmare.  “A ‘blown...

Data Science Helps Raleigh Water Avoid Digging Up the Streets

By Rocio Echeverria, Xylem PROJECT AT A GLANCE Client:The City of Raleigh Public Utilities DepartmentChallenge:Prioritize capital works using analysis to determine pipeline risk. Partnership:Xylem Inc. and Esri Solution:Raleigh...

The What and Why of Surge Transients

By Reinaldo Pinto, Applied Flow Technology One of the toughest aspects of hydraulic system design is accepting that a system cannot always operate at steady...

The First Choice for Treatment Operators

No life form, whether it be human, animal or plant, can survive without water. That makes the reliable supply of clean water to homes,...

Perspectives at the Water-Energy-Climate Nexus

Afield of experts gathered to discuss climate change in the context of water and energy innovation and issues at Northwestern University's 2016 Climate Change...

A New Approach to Accurate Water Flow Measurement

Electromagnetic flow meters, or “mag meters,” are the most widely used meter technology to measure the flow of water in the world today. As...

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...

Removing pharmaceuticals from water supplies

The current EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is more than thirty years old, and it has made dramatic improvements to the water quality in...