Dewatering and Biosolids

It is the summer of 2008. From a small boat, a SCUBA diver descends 20 feet to the bottom of Lake Ontario,...

The Madison (Ala.) Wastewater Treatment Plant went through a major upgrade just six years after the original activated sludge plant was built....

In barely 10 years, the Tarpon Springs (Fla.) Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility has gone from “the little plant that couldn’t” to “...

Like a hand in a glove, wastewater treatment has matched the rapid growth of housing in Huntley, Ill. Developments like Sun City,...

In April 2005, the Fairplay (Colo.) Sanitation District’s permit limit for effluent ammonia dropped from 25 mg/l to 10 mg/l. The three-cell,...

General Monitors Offers Gas Leak Handbook The Gassonic Technical Handbook from General Monitors explains how to incorporate ultrasonic gas leak detectors into plant...

Almost everything about the Stewartstown Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant speaks to its diminutive size. Though located on 20+ acres, the plant itself...

Pre-engineered packaged station The ReliaSource 6x6T aboveground lift station from Gorman-Rupp Co. is a fully customizable, compact and pre-engineered packaged system. It comes...

The PISTA WORKS headworks system from Smith & Loveless combines screening, grit removal and grit washing in one integrated unit. There are...

Last month’s article about biosolids composting in Kelowna, B.C., should remind us all about the importance of tending to quality. The city has...

It might not have been the parting of the Red Sea, but the early-morning chlorine contact chamber diversion at the Middle Oconee...

George Calloway and Joe Derbyshire came from different backgrounds: Calloway from a machine shop business he owned and operated, and Derbyshire from...

Cliff Morris is like a man with a new car. As chief operator of the three-year-old East Water Reclamation Facility in Bonita...

Solving costly clogging issues Problem: Household items clogged the pump impellers in the Inkster (Mich.) lift station every 28 hours and, in some...

Bar screen lowers maintenance costs Problem The Camrosa Water Reclamation Facility in Camarillo, Calif., recycles 1.5 mgd for irrigation, but the mechanical bar screen...

The City of Kelowna learned a critical lesson about composting: It pays to do things right. A newly upgraded composting facility now...

The Octopus biosolids dewatering centrifuge autopilot from Alfa Laval is custom designed to monitor, control and optimize all aspects of the dewatering...