Every wastewater treatment facility eventually faces the challenge of aging and deteriorating equipment, affecting operational efficiency. Drives struggle to keep up their power, skimmers...

No matter the size of your operation, you need to keep pumping stations running around the clock to push water or wastewater where it...

There may be instances when a building water system needs to be shut down or placed in an isolation condition, including temporary closures of...

For the past two decades, the American West has experienced a widespread and severe drought that has strained water-supply systems. This prolonged drought has...

Corrosion control of carbon steel heat exchange components is becoming increasingly more important as energy costs rise and the demand for environmentally friendly chemicals...

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...

Kilgore, Texas, delivers clean water to around 14,000 residents via an extensive network spanning 160 miles. Five operators manage the city’s water, and a...

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...

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...

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...