Since June 2012, the 0.995 mgd Hanceville (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant had met all NPDES discharge permit limits set by the state...
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Solving The Riddle Of High CBOD Readings
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Solution From Kupferle Foundry Speeds Basin Cleaning
The City of O’Fallon (Missouri) Wastewater Treatment Plant has two rectangular equalization basins: a 75- by 200-foot sized basin with a 3-million-gallon...
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Nutrient Trading Helps Protect A North Carolina Estuary
Trading schemes have a record of success in helping to reduce pollution. Air emissions trading, for example, gets credit for helping eliminate...
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Advanced Drives From Schneider Electric
Water and wastewater treatment plants routinely install variable-frequency drives (VFDs) to improve energy efficiency in equipment. Now a new family of VFDs...
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Poplar Plantings Help Keep Nutrients Out Of Trout Streams
Nearly 100,000 hybrid poplar trees on 180 acres near the Missoula Wastewater Treatment Plant are thriving on up to 20 percent of...
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Biogas-To-Energy Helps A New York Facility Toward Self-Sufficiency
The Ithaca (New York) Area Wastewater Treatment Facility now generates nearly half its electricity on site, and the plant team hopes a...
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Automation Helps A Wisconsin Plant Deal With The Challenges Of Lake Michigan Water
Many water plant superintendents would envy a water source like Lake Michigan — vast, clear and consistent.But as Frank Miller can attest,...
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Sequencing Batch Reactors Help Drive Down Nutrients
How can the biggest be a perfect fit for the smallest? The sequencing batch reactor system at the newly upgraded Bowling Green (Kentucky)...
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Biosolids Management Plan Points The Way To Excellence
At the Atlantic County (New Jersey) Utilities Authority, where efficient biosolids incinerators have a major impact on operations, leaders decided in 2010 to...
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Seeing The Value of Water Through Children's Eyes
They expected dozens of pictures of swimming pools and splash pads. But when the judges sorted through the entries in last fall’s...
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The Power Of Oxygen
Wastewater treatment facilities use aerobic bacteria to consume organic wastes in ponds and holding tanks. However, the naturally occurring microbes need a...
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Electrically Actuated Pinch Valves Offer Precise Flow Control
The Series 5200E electrically actuated control pinch valve from the Red Valve Company combines durability, precise control and low maintenance. Designed for...
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Stainless Steel Disk Filter Offers Longer Lifespan In Smaller Footprint
The Quantum Disk Filter from Nova Water Technologies is designed for Title 22 water reuse, tertiary total suspended solids and phosphorus removal...
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Better Bugs: Improving Biological Nutrient RemovalCalgary’s combined wastewater research facility — Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets — is working to develop more efficient bacteria...
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Worth Noting - June 2015
People/AwardsRick Cantu, superintendent of the Manchester (New Hampshire) Wastewater Treatment Plant, received the 2014 Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year...
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Odor Control And Disinfection
Digester and cogeneration system combine to eliminate odor, create energyProblem: ECB Enviro North America, a bioenergy startup, needed to control odor from manure produced...
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Do Operators Need A Higher Profile?
Former U.S. Olympic and University of Wisconsin hockey coach Bob Johnson had a favorite saying: “Never try to teach a pig to...
