When an energy audit recommended variable-frequency drives for blowers, team members at the New Ulm (Minn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant weren’t so sure...
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A Better Way to Aerate
Dissolved Oxygen System Articles
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Odor Control and Disinfection
UV Disinfection SystemThe Aquionics InLine+ series of UV disinfection systems use highly efficient medium-pressure lamps, allowing for a small footprint and...
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Up and Down
Superstorm Sandy battered BUT didn’t overwhelm the New Shoreham Water Pollution Control Facility. That’s because acting superintendent Chris Blane and his crew...
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Working the Land
From a distance, the Harpeth Valley UtilitiesDistrict’s (HVUD) wastewater treatment plant could be mistaken for a farm. That’s because it is a...
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To Nitrify or Denitrify?
The Lab Detective was asked to provide some informal training about nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment plants, including a discussion...
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When the Numbers Don’t Add Up
The plant operator was at his wits' end. The sludge just wouldn't settle, no matter how he tried to control...
Blogs
Report cites monitoring study saying Minnesota River is getting cleaner
The Associated Press cited a report from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency that oxygen levels have increased in the Minnesota River, indicating...
Online Exclusives
GE installs aeration system at NY treatment plant
GE installed a new aeration control system at the Bird Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Buffalo, N.Y., that is projected to save...
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Always Adaptable
Fred Dale and the Salt Creek Sanitary District
Wastewater Treatment Plant in Villa Park, Ill., have come a long way over the last...
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Tailor Made
Walk around the new Rock Falls (Ill.) Water Reclamation Facility and you can see and feel that it’s different.
Skylights and windows brighten...
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All Reused and Getting Greener
None of the wastewater treated at the Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility in Chandler, Ariz., is sent to a receiving river or lake....
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It's a Business
On more than one occasion, the taxpayers and sewer usersin Allenstown and Pembroke, N.H., have been able to keep money in their...
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Repair or Rethink?
When the Moundsville (W.Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a blower failure, the staff naturally assumed they should repair the failed unit to...
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All Hands on Deck
If you’re faced with running a sophisticated treatment plant, it helps if you have your operators involved in the design. That was...
