Instrumentation and Monitoring

Drinking water treatment plants face the ongoing challenge of optimizing the efficiency of their processes to adapt to new water quality regulations....

Heterotrophs are a group of microorganisms including yeasts, molds and bacteria that use organic carbon as their sole carbon and energy source....

When the largest wastewater treatment facility in Alaska switched from chlorine gas disinfection to sodium hypochlorite, Andrew Johnson faced a challenge. He...

In years past, operators ran water and wastewater treatment plants based largely on experience, intuition, manual measurements, sights, sounds and smells. Today, data...

Making site visits to collect data from the water monitoring equipment in your distribution network is often a tedious process. Those lost...

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Bedfordshire, in collaboration with multinational company ABB, have designed and tested a series of plasmonic...

The blast furnace (BF) is a critical process unit in the iron and steel industry that converts iron ore into molten iron,...

DBPs are trihalomethanes, haloacetic acids, chlorites, halonitromethanes and other halogenated organic compounds. These compounds are proven human carcinogens.Council Directive 98/83/EC of Nov....

Rockwell Automation’s WECTEC conference exhibit presented scalable automation solutions to help municipalities reduce process variability, meet regulatory requirements, improve operational efficiency and...

Endress+Hauser Micropilot FMR6x radar level instrument Endress+Hauser’s Micropilot FMR6x 80 GHz free space radar level instrument is suitable for use in tanks and...

AdEdge Water Technologies joins Endress+Hauser OEM program Endress+Hauser announced AdEdge Water Technologies joined its OEM Business Partner Program. As part of the OEM...

When auditor Brandy Baker-Munich of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) first saw the difficulties the city of Eagle River had...

Reverse osmosis systems are highly effective for water treatment processes — especially when water quality must meet ultra-pure specifications. However, RO systems...

The SEL-2411P pump automation controller from Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is a preconfigured SCADA-ready device built for unforgiving water and wastewater environments.“It can...

It’s time to set a new standard — and save time. From cleaning to calibration to validation, the new Hach TU5 Series...

In a 2015 article in The Georgia Operator titled, “A Multi-Faceted Approach to Odor Control for a 28.5 Mile Long Force Main,” the authors...

Thioguard is a less expensive, safer and more effective way to treat systemic odors. But it does much more than that. Along...