A World in Crisis Needs Safe Water

By Dominic Sims, International Code Council Although 70 percent of our planet is covered with water, less than one percent is drinkable. Clean water is...

Faster One-Stop Concrete Washouts

For ready-mixed concrete plants, any delay in washouts–whether due to truck operators driving long distances or the complexity of the process itself–can reduce productivity...

Reclaiming Water – Building The Future

Fargo, North Dakota, sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North and serves as the industrial, as well as cultural,...

The Path to Water Innovation: Part 2 of 2

Innovation in the U.S. water industry is incremental and fragmented. In the second half of this policy brief, Ajami, Thompson, and Victor propose increasing...

Post-Katrina, an All-Terrain Sewer™ Revitalizes a Mississippi Town: Part 2 of...

In part 1 of this series, we detailed some of the lingering damage left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina throughout the septic system...

On-site Electro-oxidation of Difficult to Treat Wastewater

By Hossein Zarrin, Element Six Water supply is a global concern and, driven by population growth and global industrialization, the demand for clean water is...

Recycling Earth’s Rapidly Shrinking Resource – Part 3 of 3

In the parts 1 and 2 of this series, we examined the benefits of reusing wastewater and the biological and disinfection processes available to...

Tuning the Accuracy of Lift Station Flow Rates: Part 1

To tune means to adjust for optimal or improved performance. Musical tuning entails adjusting an instrument to achieve a perfect pitch. Depending on the...

The Path to Water Innovation: Part 1 of 2

The U.S. economy depends on a well-functioning water infrastructure. America’s water systems support 55 million acres of irrigated farmland, 315 million domestic users of...

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...