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...

Finding a Pretreatment Solution for Desalination Applications: Part 2 of 2

Last month, we introduced the following study, which consisted of three phases that started in the autumn of 2016 at a site located in...

Innovations in Domestic Water Well Products Simplify Installation, Maintenance: Part 1...

While water well drilling and pump installation contractors have access to products at local hardware stores, big box stores, or regional wholesalers, they are...

The Pursuit of a Green Carbon Steel Corrosion Inhibitor: Part 4...

In the conclusion to this series, we will examine the testing results for organic and combined corrosion inhibitors in both hard and soft water...

Ultrasonic vs. Differential Pressure Flowmeters for High Pressure Steam Service:...

As we discussed in part 1 of this series, the measurement of steam flow during dramatic power boiler load changes is challenge that will...

AI optimizes treatment processes

Stadtwerke Trier (SWT) operates the main wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Trier, with a capacity of 170,000 population equivalents. This facility was one of...

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,...

Data Science Helps Raleigh Water Avoid Digging Up the Streets

By Rocio Echeverria, Xylem PROJECT AT A GLANCE Client:The City of Raleigh Public Utilities DepartmentChallenge:Prioritize capital works using analysis to determine pipeline risk. Partnership:Xylem Inc. and Esri Solution:Raleigh...

Safe, sustainable, and smart

Around 359 billion cubic meters of wastewater is produced globally each year. As well as municipal wastewater, a broad range of industrial processes produce...

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...