Operators at the Sterling Water Treatment Plant went from on-site well water chlorination to a $30 million, 9.5 mgd reverse osmosis (RO)...
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Making the Shift from Water Chlorination to Reverse Osmosis
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How One Plant Beat Phosphorus Limits and Avoided a Plant Upgrade
When the time came to renew ITS NPDES permit, the team in the City of Seguin received an unpleasant surprise.In 2010, as...
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Operator’s Research Saves Plant Millions of Dollars
Go the extra mile. For Ricardo “Rick” Cantu, that’s more than a saying — it’s how he defined his life in wastewater...
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Tri-Fuel Cogeneration System Mixes Digester, Landfill and Natural Gas
It’s one thing to expand a cogeneration system. It’s another to do it on a fast track without taking the existing system...
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Nebraska Plant Installs Advanced Grit Management System
As a critical part of a $21.5 million upgrade to its wastewater treatment facilities, the Nebraska city of Grand Island installed a...
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This Plant's Design Began With a Focus On Safety
It’s public and employee safety first at the new Hidden Lake Water Treatment Facility and distribution system serving Warsaw and Winona Lake,...
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How to Solve Your Long-Term Biosolids Management Issues
The Municipal Utilities Board of the City of Albertville evaluated numerous options before settling on a long-term biosolids technology.Between landfilling 30 years...
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How an EMS Created a Cost-Effective Biosolids Program
An environmental management system (EMS) sounds like a complex exercise, but to Andy Kricun and Jack Connolly, it’s really quite simple.Management establishes...
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How to Use Solar Energy to Offset Upgrade Costs
When the Town of Hurlock, Maryland, upgraded its wastewater treatment plant to meet new effluent limits, the project cost $7.5 million and...
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The Decision Maker: How La Plata Plant Became an Award-Winner
Heavy runoff caused sanitary sewer overflows in the Town of La Plata, Maryland. At the La Plata Wastewater Reclamation Facility, high influxes...
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Sustainable Plant Reuses Lagoon To Reduce Footprint
A clean-water plant upgrade in Ontario is setting a new standard for sustainable design and construction. With modularity and a focus on...
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How Transitioning to Class A-Biosolids Saves Money
Cost-effective handling of biosolids is essential to clean-water plants’ economic and environmental performance.The Immokalee Water and Sewer District in Florida faced a...
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From Sewage Lagoon to Wetland Nature Preserve
A sewage lagoon being converted into a wetland and nature preserve at the Grand Bend Area Wastewater Treatment Facility in southern Ontario...
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How Fine-Tuning Aeration Can Decrease Your Electric Bill
The Fredericksburg (Iowa) Wastewater Treatment Plant has faced challenges from change in its industrial flow and from upgrades to aging equipment.A key...
