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Entry 226491 Five water utilities in the Great Lakes watershed are engaged in a contest to see how well they can change their...

The Yadkin River produced wide and rapid turbidity swings that regularly challenged the city of King Water Treatment Plant operators. Turbidity on...

An August 2017 open house and ribbon-cutting at the 15 mgd Ames (Iowa) Water Treatment Plant welcomed the public and launched a...

For years, Class A Exceptional Quality status has been a major goal for clean-water agencies seeking beneficial use of their biosolids.Class A...

Biosolids can be among the valuable resources recovered from clean-water plants. Yet, few operators would object to producing smaller volumes because the...

Innovation drives forward steadily in the water and wastewater sectors. Now and then, it’s worth stopping to take a high-level view and...

The Alkulator app calculates the alkalinity added from one of several common alkalinity-supplying chemicals at a user specified dosing rate. It then computes...

The HUBER Technology EscaMAX perforated screens give control over what gets in the stream, whereas Greenville’s previous process provided no way to prevent rag balls...

The U.S. EPA is announcing a cross-agency effort to address perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS, which includes PFOA, PFOS and GenX,...

WASTEWATERThe plant effluent coliform count fails to meet required standards for disinfection. The chlorine residual is normal. Inspection of the disinfectant supplies...

Equipment failure at a water treatment plant often leads to big costs, not to mention stress on the operations staff.Nidec Motor’s FORECYTE...

Because today’s waste streams are filled with wipes and other stringy solids, strong grinders are an essential part of most treatment plant...

People/AwardsFor the ninth straight year, the city of Forks (Washington) Wastewater Treatment Plant received an Outstanding Performance Award from the Washington State...

In recent years, TOC has steadily gained in importance in both wastewater and drinking water analysis. In relationship to COD, TOC provides...

Lia Diagnostics recently launched the first-ever flushable pregnancy test at TechCrunch in Berlin.The tests are made from a special paper that claims...

Odors occur when wastewater pH allows hydrogen sulfide to evolve from liquid phase hydrosulfide. Thioguard technical-grade magnesium hydroxide prevents the formation and...