Ancient civilizations collected rainwater for drinking. That practice continues even today on the Big Island of Hawaii, where rainwater is a major...
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Reservoirs, Rainwater and the Big Island of Hawaii
Entries Tagged Consulting/Engineering/Design Services
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Contracts & Awards - November 2015
Two facilities install Neptune-Benson ETS-UV disinfection systemThe County of New Castle, Delaware, awarded a contract to upgrade the UV disinfection system at...
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More Than a Pretty Face: Alabama Plant Exceeds Requirements
Visitors to the Athens (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant may feel that they are entering a botanical garden: Its lush landscaping makes it...
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Biosolids Consultant Shares Energy Savings Trends
John Donovan, P.E., started on the ground floor in a long career as a biosolids consultant.Graduating from college just as the environmental...
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William D. Hatfield Award Crowns a Career for an Ohio Operator
Like a master musician, a wastewater treatment PLANT superintendent must make sure everything works in harmony — from equipment to operators. That’s...
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Poplar Plantings Help Keep Nutrients Out Of Trout Streams
Nearly 100,000 hybrid poplar trees on 180 acres near the Missoula Wastewater Treatment Plant are thriving on up to 20 percent of...
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Dubuque Resource Recovery Facility Keeps It Sustainable
When leaders in the Iowa city of Dubuque began seeking proposals for a wastewater treatment plant upgrade, they made one thing clear.“The...
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Trial By Fire: Membrane Filtration Comes To Oklahoma
The Verdigris Water Treatment Plant in Broken Arrow is one of the largest membrane plants in Oklahoma and the country. While the...
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Real Ale Brewing Co. Tackles Discharge Limits
Real Ale Brewing Co. discharges production and process graywater to the municipal sewers. As production increased from 5,000 barrels in 2006 to...
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Puerto Rico Utility Begins Energy Efficiency Updates
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority is the only source of water and wastewater services for nearly all of Puerto Rico’s...
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To Save Money, They Built A Membrane Treatment Plant
Eleven years ago, the South Blount County Utility District was buying potable water from two utilities in neighboring cities. This posed problems: increasing...
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Craft Brewers Create Beer From Wastewater Effluent
Hand a man a beer and you’ve made a friend. But hand a man a homebrewed craft beer made from the finest...
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Nebraska Plant Supplies Effluent To Heat And Cool An Innovation Campus
The City of Lincoln’s Theresa Street Wastewater Treatment Plant has used its effluent for heating, cooling and process water for decades. Now...
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Technology Yields Exceptional Quality Biosolids Pellets In A Compact Footprint
To produce Exceptional Quality compost, staff from KB BioEnergy, a biosolids management firm, mixed sawdust with primary and waste activated sludge at...
