How to Control Activated Sludge with Online Sensors: Part 3 of...
Figure 3: On-Off Control Dissolved Oxygen Response (source: Meck, D., R. Odum, N. Wobbrock, Cornell University)
In the final piece of this series, we detail...
Pumping a Solution for Increased Water Demand
Water is abundant on our planet: approximately two thirds of the earth’s surface is covered with it. Drinking and service water, however, is becoming...
How a Floatless Pump Control Minimizes Pump Costs for Dewatering Projects
By Steve Mosley, BJM Pumps
On a construction site, dewatering is just a nature of the business. Water collects due to rain or a high-water...
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...
Solutions for Big Water Challenges Come in Small Packages
One of the biggest clean water challenges faced by many communities is land – or rather, the lack of it. As urbanization increases and...
Flood Defense Pumps Need High-quality Bearings
By Emma Gerard, Thordon Bearings Inc.
Pumps for flood defense must handle high-capacity volumes and also be reliable in extreme conditions. Bedford Pumps Ltd., one...
STEP: Another Alternative to Alternative Sewers
When there are more options than to “hook-up” to a municipal plant and pay exorbitant connection fees, a community developer looks into alternative methods...
All-Terrain Sewer Stimulates Economy of Arkansas’s Newest City
In part 1 of this series, we introduced the E/One Sentry line of alarm panels, which is custom designed for use with E/One grinder...
Increasing Efficiency at an Effluent Treatment Plant
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group’s Qdos peristaltic pump technology is delivering a significant reduction in maintenance time—from 1.5 hours to just five minutes—at the local...
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...









