Coagulation, flocculation and clarification are common process steps at drinking water treatment plants. The general purpose of this sequence is to remove solids...
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Texas A&M Technology To Detect Trace Amounts of Fecal Contamination
Researchers at Texas A&M University are developing technology that will detect fecal matter contamination in water that are thousandths and even millionths...
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Stop and Taste the Chocolate: Water Utility Hosts a Sweet Fundraiser
With robin’s egg blue skies and temps in the 70s, Madison, Wis., was a good place to visit this past weekend. And...
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News Briefs: Heavy Rains Send Record Sewage Spill Into Harbor
About 25 million gallons of partially treated wastewater ended up in Stamford Harbor, Conn., after heavy rains inundated the wastewater treatment facility....
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Tank Solutions: Control Odors With Retractable Covers
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I run our city’s wastewater treatment plant and the neighbors are complaining about odors. We have tried managing these odors, but all...
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9 Tips for Creating Effective SOPs
A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a guide that specifies the exact steps to follow to complete a task – from a...
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Good Water Overcomes Bad Press for Texas Project
After a lot of fuss in the press, the system to recycle treated wastewater into the drinking water supply at Big Spring,...
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Worth Noting - May 2014
PEOPLE/AWARDSThe City of Norman (Okla.) Water Treatment Plant received the Water Fluoridation Quality Award from the state Department of Health. The award...
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5S Cabinets Keep Work Areas Organized And Secure
5S steel cabinets from Vidmar are designed to fulfill lean and Kaizen storage requirements (sort, straighten/set in order, shine, standardize, sustain) to...
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Product News - May 2014
Xylem intelligent pump controllerThe CentriPro brand Aquavar intelligent pump controller from Xylem is designed for submersible and above-ground applications. The controller is...
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Clamping Down On Leaks
As rising demand stresses water supplies, and as treatment and distribution costs increase, reducing leakage becomes more important to water utilities.Besides the...
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Better Through Adversity
It’s hard to find a silver lining in the dark cloud of a massive tornado that knocks out all power across a...
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Industry News - May 2014
Grundfos launches online learning for pump professionalsGrundfos launched Ecademy, its online training platform for professionals in the pump industry at www.grundfos.us/ecademy. Training includes...
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Sampling And Laboratory Analysis
A quality water supply depends on accurate and reliable treatment plant process control. Instrumentation and monitoring equipment helps utilities monitor total organic...
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Tough Down Under
Water treatment media filter performance starts with proper installation. A new low-profile underdrain system from Leopold – a Xylem Brand, is part...
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All Under Control
For Greenville Water in South Carolina, effective water management includes applying protective controls to its watersheds, resulting in high-quality source and finished...
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People Person
You need a water meter installed, a main fixed, an angry customer soothed. Who do you call? If you’re the Utilities Services...
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The One Percent
Fourth grade is a time when kids experience science hands-on. Concepts like electricity, sound and the three states of matter — solid,...
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Membrane Superstar
If reverse osmosis systems were nationally ranked like college sports teams, California’s South Coast Water District (SCWD) might be Number 1.The reverse...


















