Odor and Corrosion Control in Wastewater Collection Systems: Part 3 of...

Ozone can be generated by exciting a flow of oxygen with sufficient electrical or optical energy. This will cause a certain amount of oxygen...

Simplifying Wastewater Plant Upgrades

Wastewater treatment plant engineers searching for a solution to flow measurement in aeration basins that is Profibus PA compatible will find Fluid Components International’s...

Protecting Your Power Plant from Corrosion During Downtime

In the power industry, every minute is critical. A smooth plant startup is vital to operations, and directly linked to lay-up procedures. A thorough...

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...

Proper polymer system selection results in cleaner water

To help comply with EPA wastewater regulations and reclaim valuable resources, chemical polymers are added to industrial clarifiers, settling ponds, and other wastewater equipment...

Design and Care of Reverse Osmosis Systems

In this concluding section of our three-part series on the upkeep of reverse osmosis (RO) systems, we’ll finish out with a detailed look at...

Managing an On-site Legionella Event

By Paul Sharpe, U.S. Water  Building owners are often faced with a decision to test the building potable and utility water for Legionella bacteria. The...

The Valley Center Way

At Valley Center Wastewater Treatment Plant, and at an increasing number of facilities across Kansas, the decision to buy the more expensive equipment at...

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...

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...