Entries Tagged Cost Saving

While some clean-water plants transition to biological methods for phosphorus removal, many still rely on chemical methods. Typically, they dose the wastewater with...

Many of us are used to thinking of augmented reality as some kind of gimmick — an exhibit at a county fair or...

In 2015, California’s Fallbrook Public Utility District completed a two-year overhaul of its 2.7 mgd wastewater treatment plant. The district wasn’t in the...

The search for energy savings and more sustainable operations never ends at the LOTT Clean Water Alliance. The wastewater management utility formed by...

A critical challenge facing today’s clean-water plants is tightening effluent limits on nutrients, most notably phosphorus. Reliable nutrient reduction depends in part on...

Do more with less. That’s the philosophy of Pedro Grondin, supervisor of the Newport (Vermont) Wastewater Treatment Plant. Faced with the shortage of qualified...

Not having the right tool for the job can be a major detriment. Level transmitters can sometimes be too large for the...

Endress+Hauser Memosens 2.0 liquid analysis sensorsEndress+Hauser Memosens technology converts the measured value to a digital signal and transfers it inductively to the...

Technologies like belt presses, screw presses, rotary fan presses and centrifuges dewater biosolids and water treatment sludges effectively. But what if circumstances require material...

Cutting electricity usage in Gurnee has been a gradual process. Over time the results have been significant. The savings have come without diminishing...

With five years of experience operating a combined heat and power system fueled with biogas, Fort Wayne City Utilities is ready to...

Small communities face the same basic water infrastructure issues as large cities do. The difference is that they are more challenged to...

The journey toward an energy efficiency award for the Winnipesaukee River Basin Program started many years ago. In 2019, the New Hampshire Department...

The Orem, Utah, biosolids operation enjoys the best of both worlds — maybe the best of many. The treatment plant’s old but well-maintained...