Entries Tagged Florida

Online Exclusives News Briefs: 50 Firefighters Respond to Water Treatment Plant Blaze in Quebec

Entry 244989A blaze that required 50 firefighters on scene at a water treatment plant in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, resulted in damages to offices...

August 01, 2018

Editorial Better Through Chemistry

Since 1995, the Florida city of Vero Beach used Jones and Attwood twin rotary drum thickeners (Ovivo USA) and two aerobic digesters...

July 19, 2018

Editorial Progressive Cavity Pumping Solves a Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Biosolids Cake Conveyance Problem

Conveyance of biosolids sludge cake from dewatering equipment to further processing or truck transport can be challenging, even under favorable design conditions. The...

May 16, 2018

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Wastewater Plant Puts Bluegills to Work in Clarifiers

Entry 245139A wastewater treatment plant in Clarkston, Washington, is putting bluegill to work eating water fleas that took up residence in the...

April 11, 2018

Editorial Testing Reveals an Alternative Disinfectant That Prevents Formation of DBPs

The most common disinfectants for potable water, chlorine and chloramine, are increasingly criticized for their disadvantages and hazards. Chlorine poses safety and health...

March 20, 2018

Editorial Structured Ceramic Media Boosts Emissions Control Efficiency in a Florida Biosolids Drying Facility

The regenerative emissions treatment system at the Buckman Regional Residuals Biosolids Treatment Facility suffered from frequent clogging of the ceramic block media. The...

February 19, 2018

Editorial Here's How a Florida Treatment Plant Team Deals With Hurricanes and Other Storm Events

Please excuse the staff at the Palm Coast Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 for complaining about lousy weather.Hurricane Irma was just the...

January 17, 2018

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Neighbors Learn Water Bills Were Swapped for 20 Years

A pair of homeowners in Normal Heights, California, recently discovered their water bills had been swapped for more than 20 years.Homeowner Tim...

January 17, 2018

Online Exclusives Florida DEP Invests $90 Million in Water Quality Projects

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has provided more than $90 million toward the recent completion of seven water quality improvement projects in central...

December 07, 2017

Online Exclusives Florida DEP Programs Commit Nearly $200 Million for Water-Quality Projects

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs recently committed nearly...

October 30, 2017

Editorial More Than 170 Species of Bird Visit This Wastewater Plant

Of four wastewater treatment facilities operated by Indian River County Utilities, the 6 mgd (design) West Regional Wastewater Facility is the most...

October 19, 2017