Water treatment plants with surface water intake systems can face a wide variety of operating conditions. Changes in flow volumes or turbidity...
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Small Footprint Protection for Potable Water Treatment Plants Increases Efficiency
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Improving Biological Treatment Processes with Sludge Degritting and Screening
Biological processes have evolved to become more efficient and produce a cleaner effluent in smaller areas. Biosolids management processes are advancing to increase...
The Origins of Vortex Separation
Hydro International’s products have evolved over the last 50 years from simple vortex overflows to the advanced hydrodynamic vortex separators of today.
Hydro’s...
Editorial
An Engineering Background Put Heather Phillips in a Good Place To Be a Resource for Plant Operations
Heather Phillips has seen the clean-water business from two key perspectives.
She started her career with a major engineering consultancy. A dozen years...
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Evaluating Grit Removal Technologies
Grit is a nuisance material that causes abrasive wear to equipment, increasing maintenance and operational costs while reducing equipment performance and useful...
Editorial
The Alabama City of Prattville Spared No Effort in a Treatment Facility and Biosolids Program Upgrade
When the City of Prattville, Alabama, decided to upgrade its Pine Creek Clean Water Facility, it spared no effort.
While the city had...
Editorial
A Massachusetts Operator Didn't Shy Away From a Challenge to Take on a New Career Role
Paula Ely was surprised a couple of decades ago when her clean-water plant superintendent took her aside and said, “I want you...
Editorial
A Hydro International Technology Efficiently Extracts, Cleans and Dries Grit
Clean-water plants increasingly look for higher removal efficiency in headworks equipment, including grit systems.
The goal generally is cleaner, drier grit combined with...
Editorial
Producing drier grit
Hauling and disposal of effluent and grit is often one of the largest budget items wastewater treatment plant operators need to consider....
Editorial
Biogas-Fueled Cogeneration Is a Great Energy Saver, Especially When It's Fine-Tuned for Maximum Output
A cogeneration project at Atlanta’s R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Plant didn’t work as well as expected — until the operators found a...
Reduce Operating Costs and Reclaim Footprint by Retrofitting Aerated Grit Basins
Everyone wants their plant to run smoothly and efficiently while keeping their operating costs down. Plants with aerated grit basins (AGB) have...
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WEFTEC 2018 Showcases Water/Wastewater Industry's Latest Technologies
This year's WEFTEC expo was brimming with new innovations and state-of-the art technologies. Keep your finger on the pulse of the water/wastewater...
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New at WEFTEC: Hydro International Presents Fluidized-Bed Grit Washing System
Hydro International recently exhibited the Hydro GritCleanse fluidized-bed grit washing system at WEFTEC — a system which significantly reduces volatile solids content...
Editorial
In This Florida County, Wastewater Effluent Goes on to Become Irrigation Water for a Variety of Green Spaces
Team members at the South County Water Reclamation Facility IN Collier County, Florida, have been scrambling to keep up with growth...
