How to Control Activated Sludge with Online Sensors: Part 2...
In part 1 of this series, we introduced a broad view of the use of online instrumentation for control of wastewater treatment aeration, which,...
Lobe Pumps Reduce Maintenance and Downtime for Wastewater Treatment Plant
Veolia Water North America is a leading provider of water and wastewater services for municipalities, government entities, business and industry. In 1985, Veolia Water...
Raising the bar for advanced wastewater treatment
Water is the world’s most precious resource, so ensuring efficiency across the myriad industrial applications relying on water use is of supreme importance. With...
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...
Recycling Earth’s Rapidly Shrinking Resource
Water is required throughout a food and beverage facility for various uses, including makeup water for cooling towers and boilers, washing of equipment and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When Do Most Water Main Breaks Occur?
On March 11, 2014, in the LinkedIn blog “American Water Works Association,” Riley Vittitoe, the general manager for the water utility of Topeka, Kansas,...