Riverside Forging Ahead on Water Quality

By John Yap, Aquatic Informatics Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) has been providing water and electricity to the city of Riverside, California, since 1895. As an...

Repair of Quake-damaged Wastewater Plant Is Life-saving Work

German-based association arche noVa specializes in the provision and restoration of drinking water supplies in disaster areas. The devastating earthquake in Nepal claims humanitarian...

The “First Line of Defense” in Protecting Membrane Filters

By Carlo Chatman For municipal water authorities, pre-filtration of water is critical to protect and extend the life of membrane systems, as well as increase...

The Mono Muncher Takes a Bite Out of Maintenance Problems

NOV Mono solves sludge transfer problem for German wastewater plant. NOV Mono has helped solve an ongoing maintenance problem for a major German wastewater treatment...

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...

Wastewater Treatment Technology Doesn’t Have To Be New To Be Disruptive

By Matt Hale, HRS Heat Exchangers The term “disruptive technology” can be found everywhere across wastewater treatment, from conferences to whitepapers, and from small industrial...

Chronic Clogging Bows to Ground-breaking Technology

The Suffolk County Department of Public Works Stony Brook Pump Station was facing on-going interruptions to pumping operations as a result of “ragging”—a common...

Addressing Today’s Water Challenges With Digital Solutions

In the immediate years ahead, the water sector faces a host of significant challenges. Climate change—and with it, extreme weather events, increasing water scarcity,...

Long-life Pumps for the Real World

Drinking water from lakes and rivers must be treated prior to delivery to the general public. Great effort is taken to transport fresh water...

Uniform Distribution in Headers and Distribution Systems

PART 2/2 In part one of this article, we examined two common systems, one using compressible gasses, and the other using non-compressible liquids, that provide...