The timing was right for a solar energy project at the Home Farm Water Plant in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
For one thing, the plant...
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A Community Strikes While the Sun Is Hot to Capitalize on Solar Power
Energy Management
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Aeration Efficiency Project Complete. Next Step: Net-Zero Energy.
The Beaver Dam (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant is an extended aeration facility. Its activated sludge process allows the wastewater to spend 24...
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Pioneering Resource Recovery Facility Wins WEF 2020 Project Excellence Award
Carollo Engineers, Inc., South Platte Renew (SPR), and J.R. Filanc Construction Company have received the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) prestigious 2020 Project Excellence...
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Biogas Does More Than Power Cogeneration Systems. Now It Powers Vehicles.
When it came time to replace the biogas-fueled combined heat and power system at the Theresa Street Water Resource Recovery Facility in...
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Aeration Is a Big Expense. See How One Clean-Water Plant Drove the Cost Down at Minimal Cost.
When Jacobs took over operations of the wastewater treatment plant in Trinidad, Colorado, the team quickly found that the aeration system was...
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It Works Like a Soda Fountain Mixer and Helps an Anaerobic Digester Produce More Methane
When the Idaho city of Caldwell replaced two old digesters with a new and larger one, Salvador Arreola had to make a...
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The Great Lakes Water Authority's Newest Water Plant Rises From the Bones of the Oldest One
The newest of the Great Lakes Water Authority’s five water treatment plants operates in the oldest building. It is also the latest...
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The Award-Winning Energy-Saving Program Didn't Rely on Any New Technology
An equipment failure led the staff at the Somersworth (New Hampshire) Wastewater Treatment Facility to make what they thought was a temporary...
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Energy Savings: For a New Hampshire Clean-Water Plant, It's Not Complicated
The journey toward an energy efficiency award for the Winnipesaukee River Basin Program started many years ago.
In 2019, the New Hampshire Department...
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Solar Helps Power an Arkansas City Toward 100% Clean Energy
The city of Fayetteville, Arkansas, jumped on the solar energy bandwagon in a big way in 2019.
In September, the city in northwestern...
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New Hampshire Operators Drive Energy Costs Down With Audits and Incentives
Entry 225672Energy takes up a large share of clean-water plant operating costs. Operators in New Hampshire are finding ways to drive energy...
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Case Studies - January 2020
Ceramic membrane system solves disinfection byproduct challenge
Problem:
In 2010, a pine beetle infestation killed most of the trees surrounding the Basin Creek Reservoir in...
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Product Focus - January 2020
Asset Management
Flottweg Separation Technology Xelletor
Xelletor series separators from Flottweg Separation Technology include a rotor and scroll designed to reduce the consumption...
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Upping the Ante
When the City of Ames (Iowa) and its engineering partner were designing a new lime softening water plant, there was no doubt...
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An Arizona Plant Can Now Claim Full Capture and Reuse of Clean-Water Plant Resources
A renewable natural gas plant at the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant in Phoenix completes the circle of reusable byproducts for Arizona’s...
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Experience in Colorado Shows the Growth Potential of Biogas as Vehicle Fuel and in Pipeline Injection
Four Colorado clean-water plants are implementing projects to recover and reuse biogas from anaerobic digestion.
Most wastewater treatment facilities use some biogas (a...
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Product Spotlight - August 2019
The treatment of residual biosolids from wastewater treatment plants is a major everyday challenge that municipalities have to tackle. One way many...