Dewatering and Biosolids

Not long ago, a couple of TPO colleagues and I toured the clean-water plant in Stevens Point, Wis. What we saw there...

A European Commission-funded project will see the installation of a pioneering sustainable waste destruction technology at a wastewater treatment facility in Valencia,...

The word polymer simply means “many parts,” which covers a broad range of compounds including styrofoam and DNA. Polymers are long-chain molecules...

Editor's Note: This article is part of our "Water Treatment 101" series, which covers basic treatment processes. To read the first article...

The Environment Agency is the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. The agency's work includes...

McLanahan Corporation believes that safety is not just a set of rules and regulations to be followed, but it's a promise the...

Defender tank covers from Environetics are custom manufactured to fit the profile of new or existing potable water or wastewater treatment tanks.Designed...

The Graton (Calif.) Community Services District (GCSD) had just been formed in July 2004 when the Regional Water Quality Control Board issued...

Faced with a future mandate to limit phosphorus and nitrogen discharged to Jordan Lake, the City of Mebane (N.C.) expected to upgrade...

Nearly 20 years ago the tiny town of La Conner faced a biosolids dilemma. Located in Washington’s Skagit Valley, about 70 miles...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeremy Cramer, who was superintendent of the Stevens Point Wastewater Treatment Plant at the time this article was researched and...

Scrapers clean solids from intake systemProblem Backwash strainers at a wastewater treatment plant in Toronto, were consistently clogging with oversized solids that made...

The 20-year-old Miner (Mo.) Wastewater Treatment Plant faced a number of technical issues in 2012. The town’s old three-cell 0.302 mgd aerated...

Biosolids have been put to beneficial use for decades, in fact for centuries. Across North America, excellent recycling programs have thrived for...

When the City of Winter Haven Utility Service Department began an aggressive cost savings program in 2012, leaders made sure the operations staff...

In the western Oregon cities of Springfield and Eugene, a successful program provides land-applied biosolids to local farmers, mainly for growing grasses. But...

A New York Court of Appeals ruling on fracking could have repercussions for biosolids application, according to State Sen. George D. Maziarz....