In environmentally sensitive western New York, biosolids land application has turned into a tough sell for Quasar Energy Group. The company, which...
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Biosolids Battle: Quasar Talks Lessons Learned in New York
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Flight Path: 5 Beautiful Wastewater Treatment Plant Aerials
About 12 years ago, Marcel Tremblay earned his pilot’s license and began a hobby that combined two of his passions: wastewater treatment...
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Cyclonic Spray Scrubber Eliminates Odors, Pollutants, Reduces Maintenance
The Series 9000 preformed spray scrubber from Bionomic Industries is designed to simultaneously remove odor compounds and particulate from dryers, digesters and...
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A Stacked Tray Grit System Aids Removal And Improves Clarifier And Digester Function
The James B. Messerly Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) had a history of difficulty with grit removal.The plant, in Augusta, Ga., (population...
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Asset Management Gets Big Attention At The Newly Upgraded Plant Bucklin Point, R.I.
Tom Ciolfi is proud of the $38 million upgrade completed last July at the Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility. He’s proud of...
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A New Hampshire Team Wins Honors For I&I Control And Excellent Maintenance
Inflow and infiltration, aging equipment and more stringent laboratory standards are just a few of the challenges met by the staff at...
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Biosolids Challenge: What's In a Name?
Ron Adams, the Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Wastewater Treatment Plant supervisor, wants his customers involved in what he does. He wants them to understand...
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Northeast Ohio Pilot Program Tackles Wet Weather Problems
It looks like the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District might have found a cost-effective solution to combined sewer overflow issues that led...
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Victory! Washington Court Upholds Biosolids Application
Biosolids earned a legal victory this month when the Washington Court of Appeals struck down a Wahkiakum County ban on the land...
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Effective Mixing Reduces Polymer Consumption At California Treatment Plant By 23 Percent
The water reclamation facility for the Mountain House planned community in California was having difficulty with excessive consumption of polymer used to...
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A Settling Process Using Magnetite Ballast Helps A Massachusetts Plant Meet Strict Phosphorus Limits
From April through October (in-season), effluent from the Billerica (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment Plant averaged 0.80 mg/L total phosphorus. From November through March...
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A California Agency Creates A Brand For Its Recycled Water, Biogas Energy And Pelletized Biosolids
Many clean-water plants create brand names for their biosolids. The Encina Wastewater Authority takes the concept further.Its Class A biosolids pellets go to...
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A Colorado Plant Produces Sparkling Effluent With A Process Combining Liquor With Fixed-Film Media
Deep in the Rocky Mountains, Randy Sack and his three operators quietly treat wastewater and septage and discharge sparkling effluent to the Arkansas...
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Dumping “Human Waste”? No, They’re Not.
I subscribe to various Google alerts, and it seems every week I get links to news articles about a clean-water agency spreading...
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Exam Study Guide: Rotating Biological Contactor
When faced with a licensing exam, don't struggle with test anxiety! Use the question below and others from our Exam Study Guide...
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News Briefs: Town Debates Treated Fracking Wastewater Proposal
Two Canadian communities have discovered that fracking wastewater, even when treated, is an emotional topic for residents. According to CBC News-New Brunswick,...
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WEFTEC 2014 Innovation: No Polymer Needed With These Thickening Centrifuges
Editor's Note: Innovation was a big theme at WEFTEC 2014. We'll be featuring a few of the new and better technologies found...