In 2007, snowmelt and a wet winter sent unusually high levels of nitrogen and phosphorous into Standley Lake, a 13-billion-gallon reservoir in...
Treatment
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Disinfection
UV disinfectionSpektron UV disinfection systems from WEDECO – a xylem brand, are designed to meet all common disinfection requirements including 3-log Cryptosporidium...
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Buying Into the Vision
Aurora Water interim director Dan Mikesell explains what motivates employees at the award-winning Charles A. Wemlinger and Thomas J. Griswold water treatment...
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Pretty Site, Beautiful Water
When demand on its eight groundwater wells threatened to exceed capacity, the City of Wilsonville, Ore., faced a choice: Add more wells...
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Little District That Could
Powdersville Water District superintendent Chris Rasco easily sums up the philosophy that has won excellence awards for the district and its employees.
“We’re...
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Shades of Green
From the outside, the new water treatment plant in Madbury, N.H., may look merely average. In reality, it includes many forward-thinking, energy-saving...
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Pumps, Drives, Valves & Blowers
Pumps lower operating expenses
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Three 300 hp long-shaft pumps at the Baltic Avenue Pump Station in Atlantic City, N.J., were sized to handle...
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Sustainability First
Rapid growth, tighter regulations and aging infrastructure were challenging the wastewater systems in Clackamas County, Ore. In response, two wastewater districts teamed...
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A Seasonal Challenge
Located on the tip of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, Provincetown was the Pilgrims’first landing place. It is also the country’s oldest continuous arts...
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Tailor Made
Walk around the new Rock Falls (Ill.) Water Reclamation Facility and you can see and feel that it’s different.
Skylights and windows brighten...
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All Reused and Getting Greener
None of the wastewater treated at the Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility in Chandler, Ariz., is sent to a receiving river or lake....
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Where Have All the Solids Gone?
Early one morning, the Lab Detective received a call from a local operator, who described an extended aeration activated sludge package-type wastewater...
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Creating a Gem
An unintended consequence of a decision made in the 1980s by the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin, Calif., turned out to be...
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Keeps Getting Better
Like any successful private business, the Tacoma Central Wastewater Treatment Plant practices good customer service and product diversity as it markets its...
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Instrumentation and Testing
Analyzer solves spiking readingsProblemChlorine and water were not mixing thoroughly at a drinking water plant in South Carolina, producing incomplete conversions to...
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May/June Industry News
Koch Membrane Systems launches websiteKoch Membrane Systems Inc.’s new website, www.kochmembrane.com, focuses on the company’s two major business segments: industrial and life...
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Instrumentation and Testing
Wireless water meterThe IntelliH2O wireless water meter from Capstone Metering captures, collects, controls and conserves water. The meter and its software transform...















