When the Newtown (Conn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant had trouble meeting its nitrogen limit, the plant manager, operator and mechanic worked as a...
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Ready for Anything
Dissolved Oxygen System Articles
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Process Chemistry/Lab Analysis
Formulation consumes organic solids
Problem
Biosolids buildup in the anaerobic lagoons at the Mount Olive (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Plant was lowering storage capacity.
Solution
Operators removed...
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25 Percent Savings, Just Getting Started
Federal stimulus funds paid the bill and the people of Ogdensburg, N.Y., will reap the rewards from a $1.1 million upgrade to...
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It's All About Focus
The City of Leominster (Mass.) Water Pollution Control Facility has gone 25 years without a lost-time accident, which statistically makes it one...
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Digital Technology
Chlorine analysis
The SC400 colorimeter from Orbeco-Hellige can test two ranges of free and total chlorine — 0.01-2.0 mg/l and 0.1-8.0 mg/l. Users...
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Goal Oriented
Shane McCannon knows an opportunity when he sees it. Driving by the local wastewater treatment plant as a teenager, he often thought...
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Ahead of the Curve
When the Western Racine County (Wis.) Sewerage District upgraded the capacity of its activated sludge extended aeration treatment plant from 1.3 to...
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Monitoring and Instrumentation
Electromagnetic flowmeters
FMG600 Series electromagnetic flowmeters from Omega Engineering measure conductive liquids. The meters have no moving parts and a PTFE lining. Standard...
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Process Chemistry/ Laboratory Analysis
Automated analysis
The ProcessLab from Metrohm USA is a fully customizable, automated at-line analysis system for QA/QC testing. It uses Windows-like software and...
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Worth the Wait
Eighty-year-old aeration basins, 30-year-old equipment, no methane production from the digesters. The City of Two Rivers, Wis., had many reasons to upgrade...
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A Lot of Ingenuity
For years, operators at the Suffield Water Pollution Control AUTHORITY wastewater treatment plant tried in vain to meet increasingly stringent total nitrogen...
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Engineering, Consulting and Contracted Services
Planning, design, construction management
Carollo Engineers provides planning, design and construction management services for municipal clients. Services include solids handling facilities from...
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Going Beyond Green
An upgrade to the Rome (N.Y.) Wastewater Treatment Plant that allows for the treatment of specialized waste helped attract a new business...
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Less Is More
At the RAE Water & Sewer District near Bozeman, Mont., just two operators do all the work at a 70,000 gpd activated...
