Ken Rutt, wastewater division superintendent for the city of Broomfield, Colorado, talks in this online exclusive video about one of the most...
Entries Tagged Nitrogen Removal
Online Exclusives
Exam Study Guide: Influent Wastewater Alkalinity; and Ion-Exchange Softening Plant Operation
Entry 245094Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...
Editorial
James Dean Constantly Infuses Team Members With a Passion for Continuous Improvement
James Dean may be the Mr. Efficiency of wastewater treatment. As manager of wastewater treatment facilities for North Baldwin Utilities in Bay...
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Tulane University Names $1 Million Winner of Nitrogen Reduction Challenge
Tulane University recently awarded the $1 million grand prize for the Tulane Nitrogen Reduction Challenge to Adapt-N, a team from Cornell University that developed...
Editorial
Anammox Bacteria: Where Science and Operations Meet
One fascinating thing about wastewater treatment is that while plants are filled with big tanks, motors, pumps, mixers, blowers and valves, the...
Media - Kruger USA AnoxKaldnes K5 Media
ANITA Mox sidestream deammonification technology consists of AnoxKaldnes K5 Media engineered polyethylene carriers from Kruger USA to provide ample protected surface area...
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This Massachusetts WWTP Plans to Double Its Capacity in the Same Footprint
Facing expanding coverage territories and stricter regulations regarding the concentrations of nitrates and phosphorous in treated wastewater, the Wareham (Massachusetts) Water Pollution...
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EPA Calling for Better Nutrient Management in Lakes Nationwide
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the results of a national assessment showing that nutrient pollution is widespread in the nation’s...
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12-Year Study Examines Riparian Buffers for Nitrogen Protection
Excess nitrogen from agricultural runoff can enter surface waters with devastating effects, including algal blooms and fish kills. However, riparian buffer zones —...
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5 Cape Cod Communities to Use Permeable Reactive Barriers for Nitrogen Control
Fieldwork has started in the Cape Cod communities of Barnstable, Dennis, Falmouth, Mashpee and Orleans, Massachusetts, on a project that might help reduce harmful levels...
White Papers
BIOSTYR Improves Health of the Long Island Sound
The New Rochelle Wastewater Treatment Plant is located in Westchester County, New York, and discharges to the Long Island Sound. It serves a population base of...
White Papers
Improving Total Nitrogen Removal
This 0.63 mgd wastewater facility, in eastern North Carolina, operates under a NPDES permit and discharges into the Neuse River basin, a...
Online Exclusives
Is Anammox the Answer to Nitrogen Removal?
U.S. Geological Services scientists have conducted the first-ever field measurements of anammox activity in groundwater, demonstrating that nitrogen removal from groundwater can occur...
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Massachusetts Plan to Reduce Nitrogen Levels Receives EPA Approval
The EPA has formally approved an updated plan from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that creates a robust framework for Cape Cod communities...









