Editorial Articles

The wastewater treatment process requires the controlled dosing of chemicals into the process stream either to assist the treatment or to remove...

Fans, pumps and motors are the backbone of a water distribution network. They also play a key role in most every component...

Buildings/Structures LEGACY BUILDING SOLUTIONS TENSION FABRIC BUILDINGS Combining rigid-frame engineering with the proven benefits of tension fabric membranes, Legacy Building Solutions offers fabric structures that are...

WASTEWATER By Rick Lallish What test is done on influent and effluent samples to determine the volume of solids removed in clarifiers or ponds?...

In this age of polarized legislatures and polarized citizens, some once basic tenets of political participation have changed.This thought struck me last...

Complaints about sulfide odors from manholes and lift stations can be a major headache for clean-water utilities. So can corrosion of wastewater...

The need for new operators to replace those retiring has not abated. Drinking water and wastewater utilities nationwide are constantly on the...

Water treatment facility owners have an array of protective coating options available for lining new concrete basins. However, they can opt to...

Having its main water supply at a high elevation has always been a mixed blessing for Pueblo Water.There is no need to...

Rodney Lance wasn’t sure what he was getting into when the Air Force assigned him to water and wastewater back in 1986.He...

It’s said a picture is worth 1,000 words. To Paul Crocker, a picture can be worth 1,000 operations and maintenance details critical...

History will have a lot to say about 2021, the year when vaccines began to overtake the COVID virus and the world...

Professional actors need not apply. California’s Leucadia Wastewater District produced a video describing its entire treatment process, and did it using field service...

Aerzen Rental Temporary Oil-Free Blowers Aerzen Rental provides temporary oil-free blower packages engineered for aggressive rental environments with onboard variable-frequency drives, remote monitoring and outdoor builds with...

People/awards Midland and Pioneer Natural Resources’ private partnership to upgrade the city’s wastewater treatment plant has earned the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for water...

Asahi/America introduces new business development managerAsahi/America has promoted Mark Gore to industrial business development manager for the eastern and central regions. He...

Wastewater collection and treatment plant updated with PLCs, SCADA Problem The city of Faribault, Minnesota, needed to modernize its wastewater collection system and treatment plant. The...

Analytical Instrumentation Cla-Val Model XP2F The Cla-Val Model XP2F is an all-encompassing data acquisition instrumentation package option available for any Cla-Val control valve. It...

Ostara’s nutrient recovery solution from Evoqua Ostara’s Pearl system from Evoqua is a fluidized bed reactor designed to recover phosphorus from municipal and...