Entries Tagged Laboratory

Controller solves facility’s chromium contamination problem Problem: An FAA Certified Part 145 Repair Station maintenance repair overhaul facility was unable to discharge to their...

The Eickelboom filament morphotype commonly recognized as Haliscomenobacter hydrossis has a long and somewhat mysterious history. Its recognized growth cause has changed from...

Writing in the journal Nature, scientists at the University of California San Diego and Scripps Research, along with local and federal public health officials, describe how...

Joga Chizer had no kind of background for the clean-water industry. As an immigrant, he wanted a job. He found an opportunity...

Daphnia are a genus of crustaceans, and while they are rare in activated sludge processes, they are commonly found in wastewater lagoon...

Fungi at low levels are common or insignificant and often incidental visitors to wastewater treatment processes, although at higher abundance fungi may indicate...

Eickelboom filament type 1863 is most commonly observed dispersed in solution or occasionally near the edges of the floc at 1000x oil-immersion...

The unique properties of the atom-thick sheet of carbon known as graphene have enabled a new penny-sized, multiplexed bio-sensor that’s the first to...

Gastrotrich are invertebrates occasionally found in wastewater treatment systems. Generally their presence indicates good overall health, and they tend to occur in...

In 2020 when the North Woodstock Wastewater Treatment Plant won a U.S. EPA Regional Excellence Award, it was a career cap of sorts...

“Once you get into wastewater, you don’t leave.” That’s Amanda Tobin’s observation after nearly 18 years in laboratories, 16 of them devoted to wastewater....

One of the best things about the wastewater treatment industry is operators' and lab technicians' willingness to share stories, advice, know-how and new technologies...

Filamentous bacteria Eickelboom morphotype 0914 is one of the most common filament types observed in all activated sludge treatment processes. Morphological features to...

Rotifers are more complex than protozoan (classified as metazoan) and exist in a wide range of shapes and sizes. The taxonomic classification...