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...

Scoring High Marks

Water distribution system operators need to identify issues within their networks efficiently and accurately. They also need to be able to fix them when...

Optimizing performance in industrial wastewater treatment

Since the beginning of time, people have had the need to treat the water they consume, and use for cooking, bathing and washing their...

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...

Movin’ Up the Sewer Line Just Got Easier

For the municipalities and contractors that clean endless miles of sewer lines, the goal has always been to clean more with less effort and...

Innovative Technology Improves Residential Water Management: Part 2 of 2

In part 1 of this article, we noted that, in residential settings, drains that can act as a physical barrier to water provide an...

Brazilian Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Finds Success

By Rogerio Melo, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group One of Brazil's state-owned water and waste treatment companies is engaged in the supply and treatment of water,...

Odor and Corrosion Control in Wastewater Collection Systems: Part 2 of...

In part 1 of this series, we discussed the corrosion issues associated with hydrogen sulfide in wastewater collection systems. The main classes of reactions...

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)...

Expanding population demands more than collaboration

Growth, progress, prosperity. There’s no shortage of it in North Alabama, which has seen its population grow by 30,000 over the last five years...