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Entries Tagged Effluent
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Northeast Ohio Pilot Program Tackles Wet Weather Problems
It looks like the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District might have found a cost-effective solution to combined sewer overflow issues that led...
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USGS Study Finds Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater
Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants from treated municipal wastewater can travel into shallow groundwater following their release to streams, according to a recent...
Blogs
3 Awesome Wastewater ALS Ice Bucket Challenges
Unless you’ve been under a rock or hidden away in a cave somewhere this past month, you know the ALS Ice Bucket...
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In Mebane, N.C., It’s All About the Instrumentation
See how the City of Mebane (N.C.) was able to improve plant process and meet nitrogen and phosphorus limits with increased instrumentation....
Editorial
To A New Level
The Graton (Calif.) Community Services District (GCSD) had just been formed in July 2004 when the Regional Water Quality Control Board issued...
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Massive Man-made Wetlands System Treats Wastewater
At first glance, the George Shannon wetlands system resembles most other low-lying marshes where water birds roost in old oaks and pelicans...
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Innovator: Treatment Plant Celebrates 75 Years of Secondary Treatment
Clean-water plant anniversaries are often routine affairs, marking little more than the passage of years.There’s much more to the 75th anniversary of...
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News Briefs: Legal Battle — Who Owns Treated Wastewater?
The San Antonio Water System and Texas state regulators are debating ownership rights to treated wastewater once it’s released into a public...
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Move Over Drinking Water. This Beauty Contest Is All About Effluent
Swirl, sniff. Swirl, sniff. Repeat.The judges held the Mason jars up to their noses, swirled the water, held it up to the...
Editorial
Trout On Display
The wastewater treatment plant in Ketchum, Idaho, treats 1.25 mgd, largely for reuse in irrigation. One of the plant’s most popular features,...
Editorial
Which Side of the Curve Am I On?
The discussion at the clean-water plant operators’ meeting was the same as before: How will we prevent fecal coliform excursions this season?...
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Operator Ingenuity Pays Off at Illinois Wastewater Treatment Plant
When the Village of New Lenox, Ill., wastewater treatment facility recently faced a plant expansion, operators quickly realized that it was not...
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When are effluent nutrient limits excessive?
In Wisconsin, where I live, there has been some controversy about phosphorus in wastewater discharges: Will P removal simply cost too much,...















