Lots of rain and stormwater runoff in a short time can challenge any combined sewer system.Just ask the operators of the Adams...
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Rehabilitating Gravity Filters
Granular filter media (effective sizes from 0.5 to 1.5 mm) generally remove particles larger than 7 to 10 percent of the smallest...
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Finding the Funds for Big Upgrades in Small Towns
It’s a common tale. A small community’s clean-water plant is aging. The operators know it’s time to modernize or upgrade. They know...
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New Technology Designed to Remove Grit and Grease
Grit in wastewater is a well-known nuisance that if not efficiently removed can damage downstream process equipment and cause maintenance headaches.But grease...
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Where Can You Save?
Energy audits have been around for a long time, most likely since the first oil price shocks during the Jimmy Carter administration,...
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Worth Noting - March 2017
People/AwardsAdel Banoub, acting superintendent of the Woonsocket (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility won the 2016 Rhode Island Alfred E. Peloquin Award from...
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Thermal mass flowmeter a fit for biogas systems
Fluid Components International (FCI) has expanded and improved its compact thermal mass flowmeter line with a new, advanced electronics design that features...
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A polymer pump solution
The FLEXFLO A-100N polymer pump from Blue-White Industries is capable of handling high-viscosity polymers used in water and wastewater treatment. According to...
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See How a New Mexico Plant Got 7,000 Kids to Care About Wastewater
Who really owns a river? Technically, the answer is no one. But employees of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County (New Mexico) Water Utility...
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Stepping Up in Class: Finding a Way to Make Class A Biosolids
Landfill space was at a premium. Land application of Class B biosolids faced public skepticism and rising costs. So the Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania)...
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The Fast Track: An Operator's Journey to Wastewater Supervisor
Working 10 years for the Street Department in the Missouri city of Carrollton didn’t prepare Tammy Hamblen for her move to the...
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Reaching Higher: An Operator's Pursuit of Knowledge
Wanting to know the “why” behind everything has dominated Garry Houston’s life. When hired to work at the newly completed microfiltration Hargesheimer...
















