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)...

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...

Recycling Earth’s Rapidly Shrinking Resource – Part 2 of 3

In the first part of this series, we examined some of the benefits of reusing wastewater, especially as it relates to food and beverage...

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...

The Right Material Makes All the Difference

There are times when a simple pump design and less maintenance are preferred by pump users, especially in messy dirty wastewater applications. Such was...

Keys to Minimally Invasive Sewage Renovation

As is the case with any type of infrastructure, sewers require regular maintenance. But the often narrow pipes below the ground are difficult to...

External Heating Units Upgrade Wastewater Treatment

TasWater is the water and sewage utility for the island state of Tasmania in Australia. Owned by Tasmania’s twenty-nine local councils and the state...

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...

Energy-Efficient Aeration for the New Century

If energy-efficient Aeration is not your priority—even when it is well documented that Aeration accounts for a pretty staggering 50 to 70 percent of...

Triple Win: Part 2 of 2

In last month’s introduction to this article, the City of Riverbank, California, hired Schneider Electric to evaluate its wastewater treatment plant for energy savings...