7 Tips to Achieve Better, Faster Sewer Cleaning

By Del Williams Contractors cleaning municipal sewer, storm, and sanitary lines face a host of challenges on the job. This can range from having to...

Wastewater Plants Embrace Automation

For wastewater plants, the time is right to move toward greater digitization, efficiency, and the benefits of automation. To assist with these goals, ABB...

Holding Back the Tide

Spill barriers are ideal for facilities in sensitive areas where a sprinkler discharge or material spill could result in expensive cleanup costs and potential...

Utilities and municipalities modernize communication

Herein lies the contradiction of Industry 4.0’s promise: As newer innovations bridge the gap between legacy systems and today’s smart technologies, how can we...

Triple Win: Part 2 of 2

In last month’s introduction to this article, the City of Riverbank, California, hired Schneider Electric to evaluate its wastewater treatment plant for energy savings...

Enhancing Lab Services with Advanced Equipment and Talent

In an industrial park located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a group of talented individuals is working together to continue the advancement of their solids handling...

Resolving stormwater flooding

The Gulf of Mexico coast averages some of the highest rainfall in the United States. As a result, cities like Houston, Texas, and their...

Innovative Answer for Gate Repair

If there is a state that knows a thing or two about water, it’s Florida. The state contends with hurricanes that dump heavy rainfalls...

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...

Seriously Good ROI on Septage

When investing in new equipment, what would you consider to be a reasonable payback?  Five years? Three years? At the Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District (KWRD)...