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...

On the Strength of Design

In 1978, an innovation occurred in centrifuge technology that changed the market. The dominant centrifuge technologies of the time, the nozzle disk centrifuge and...

When to Replace Your RO Membrane

By Wes Byrne, U.S. Water On the surface, it might seem that knowing when to replace the membrane elements in a reverse osmosis (RO) system...

Hurricane-force Performance

At a Utah facility that has seven wastewater treatment lagoons treating 1.5 million gallons per day and over 300 acres of farm land, a new...

Proper polymer system selection results in cleaner water

To help comply with EPA wastewater regulations and reclaim valuable resources, chemical polymers are added to industrial clarifiers, settling ponds, and other wastewater equipment...

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...

Restoring What Matters Most

In this article, we’re going to talk about something fairly common in today’s society: large-scale water damage. About 1 in 50 properties have a...

Removing Struvite from Wastewater Systems

Named after Henrich Christian Gottfried Von Struve, who discovered the magnesium ammonium phosphate crystals in medieval sewer systems in Hamburg in 1845, struvite is...

Grit Out, Power Up

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...

Faster One-Stop Concrete Washouts

For ready-mixed concrete plants, any delay in washouts–whether due to truck operators driving long distances or the complexity of the process itself–can reduce productivity...