Microbiological analysis can be a powerful tool for managing biological treatment and diagnosing and resolving process issues.
Now there’s an online technology that...
Entries Tagged Microbiology
Online Exclusives
Bug of the Month: What Spirochaetes Indicate About Your Treatment Facility
Spirochaetes are a phylotype commonly recognized in wastewater biological processes that are associated with high organic acid concentrations. Spirochaetes are recognized by...
Online Exclusives
Bug of the Month: Thiothrix Is Commonly Responsible for Bulking Episodes
Thiothrix is a filamentous bacteria morphotype as well as a genus with seven recognized species. When referring to Thiothrix genus, we are...
Online Exclusives
Bug of the Month: Tardigrades, Smaller Than the Average Bear
You may know tardigrades by another name, whether it’s water bear or even moss piglets (thanks to an episode of the South...
Online Exclusives
Using Molecular Diagnostics for Wastewater Monitoring
Wastewater treatment plant operators have relied on a variety of monitoring tools — DO, pH, SV30/SVI, sludge depth — to keep facilities...
Online Exclusives
Bug of the Month: Abundant Flagellates Can Indicate a Stressed System
Treatment Plant Operator’s Bug of the Month is an ongoing series that spotlights the organisms present in wastewater microbiology. Each month a...
Online Exclusives
EPA Names 2015 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners
Osprey Biotechnics has been named a 2015 Safer Choice Partner of the Year award winner for its outstanding achievement in the design,...
Editorial
Bug-Driven Performance
Wastewater professionals go by many titles: plant manager, chief operator, environmental coordinator. But “bug farmer”?
That’s how Tom Pfiester, wastewater division manager of...












