Sometimes a clean-water plant that has performed reliably for years simply gets old and needs renewal. That’s the case at the East...
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Investing in Employee Training and Major Upgrade Prepare Clean-Water Facility for the Future
Entries Tagged Centrifuge/Separator
Editorial
Numbers Replace Sight, Sound, Smell and Intuition at the Water Plants in Louisville, Colorado
Data increasingly guides water and wastewater treatment operating decisions. Numbers replace sight, sound, smell and dosing-and-retention-time guidance handed down from old-timers. Plants...
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Clean-Water Plant Stays in Permit Compliance During Major Upgrade for Phosphorus Removal
It’s been said that making major upgrades to an in-service clean-water plant without incurring violations is a like changing a tire on...
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California Professional Climbs From Warehouse Position to Senior Operator
You won’t find many women senior wastewater operators today. You’ll find even fewer who operate a four-story, 200 wet-ton-per-day multiple-
hearth furnace.
Yet,...
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WEFTEC Product Preview - 2019
AdEdge Water Technologies ADIN CO2
The ADIN CO2 injection system from AdEdge Water Technologies is an alternative to other methods of alkalinity control and...
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NEW Water's Quest for Effluent Nutrient Reduction Reaches Out Across a Major Watershed
Rising in the ranks as an engineer and designer of clean-water plants, Tom Sigmund, P.E., likely never dreamed that someday he’d be...
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Case Studies - August 2019
Screw press efficient in dewatering membrane bioreactor biosolids
Problem: The Decatur (Arkansas) Wastewater Treatment Plant’s dewatering technology was undersized and inefficient. With the added...
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Product Focus - August 2019
Biosolids Handling/Hauling/
Disposal/Application
Boerger BLUEline Rotary Lobe Pump
The BLUEline Rotary Lobe Pump from Boerger is a self-priming, valveless, positive displacement pump used to...
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Canadian Plant Squeezes More Water From Biosolids While Shrinking Its Fuel Costs
Waste activated sludge from five wastewater treatment plants across the city arrived daily at the Greenway Wastewater Treatment Plant in London, Ontario.
After...
Centrisys/CNP CS6-4 compact centrifuge
The CS6-4 dewatering centrifuge from Centrisys/CNP is designed to bridge the gap between benchtop studies and full-scale installations. It continuously treats flows...
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Case Studies - Biosolids Management and Headworks
Cleaning system eliminates biomass, increases productivity
Problem: Shane Donoghue, a wastewater facilities manager in a large Australian city, saw accumulation of FOG and biomass up...
Centrifuge/Separator - Active Water Solutions submerged fixed-bed biofilm reactor
Submerged fixed-bed biofilm reactor systems from Active Water Solutions are pre-engineered for plug-and-play-type installation. They are an alternative to activated sludge systems...
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Reuse, Recovery and Energy Management
Decanter effectively replaces belt press
Problem: For the West Central Conservancy District in Hendricks County, Indiana, the dry matter produced by its belt...
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A New Centrifuge Technology Delivers Drier Material. That Means Lower Costs Downstream.
The biggest expense in dealing with biosolids has to do with water — specifically, separating it from the solids. The less water...
