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...
A Material of the Future
Today composite materials are used in wind energy, marine, construction, aerospace, military and defense, automotive, pipes, access covers, tanks and many more applications. Composites...
Innovative Technology Improves Residential Water Management: Part 1 of 2
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...
Seattle Takes FOG Program Online
By Chris Weinandt, Aquatic Informatics
With more than 5,000 restaurants and food service establishments (FSEs) in Seattle, the city’s fats, oils, and grease (FOG) program...
Peach Lake Finds a Solution for a Dying Septic System
It only took a few generations and several hundred dying septic systems to age an idyllic vacation spot like Peach Lake.
Peach Lake is a...
Solving the Phosphorus Issue
By Rob Martindale, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group
Chemical Support Systems Ltd. (CSS) has been established for thirty years as a Cheshire, United Kingdom-based electrical and...
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...
Solving Sludge With the Sun
A newly-designed wastewater treatment plant is using an age-old source in a unique application for wastewater treatment. The plant in Sanford, Florida, and several other...
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...
Electronic Water Treatment Reduces Fouling in Reverse Osmosis
Reverse osmosis (RO) is used in processes requiring high-quality, purified water, such in semi-conductor processing or biochemical applications and can be used to treat...









