As is widely known, phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all forms of life, performing a vital role in the operating functions of animal...
White Papers
Phosphorus Management in Wastewater Treatment: Advanced Treatment Options
Entries Tagged Phosphorus Removal
White Papers
Disc Filtration Solution Helps WWTP Meet Future Clean Water Needs
Tertiary filtration is often used to meet low level phosphorus effluent requirements. Chemicals may also be added during this tertiary step to...
Blogs
Phosphorus Removal Solutions with Ballasted Clarification
Meeting tight phosphorus limits is a priority for wastewater treatment operators but finding the right technology to meet regulatory compliance, budget, and...
Videos
Take Control of Phosphorus
Managing phosphorus at wastewater treatment plants is critical to meet effluent limits and protect the environment. However, did you know that treatment...
Editorial
One Water: This Vermont Team Does It All!
The Winooski Wastewater Treatment Facility has come a long way in the past three decades.
First commissioned in 1972, it has seen a...
Editorial
Lee County Proves It: Nothing Drives Performance Like a Well-Educated Team
Laura Longa took a tour of the Fiesta Village Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant soon after receiving her college degree in biology.
Fascinated by...
Online Exclusives
The Essentials of Phosphorus Removal
Phosphorus, primarily existing as phosphate, is a nutrient of concern for many wastewater operators. NPDES permitting has placed effluent phosphorus limits on...
Editorial
Learning by Doing: A Utah Team’s Path to Excellence
“See it. Learn it. Do it.” That motto best describes the management style of Rich Mickelsen, district manager for the Timpanogos Special...
Editorial
His Dedication to Clean Water Goes Back to Childhood
For nearly all his life, Alvin Rucker has been committed to cleaning up the James River and preserving its quality for future...
Online Exclusives
Illinois Reclamation District Implements Phosphorus Removal to Achieve Strict Environmental Standards
Problem: The Fox River Water Reclamation District in South Elgin, Illinois, needed to comply with an NPDES permit requiring a reduction of...
Editorial
DEQ Staff and Consultant Help Operators in Big Sky Country With Affordable Nutrient Reductions
It’s a challenge for small clean-water plants to reduce nutrient discharges affordably, especially if they weren’t originally designed for that capability.In 2012,...
Editorial
These Bubbles Don’t Aerate. They Mix. And a Clean-Water Plant Saves Big as a Result.
The Richmond Wastewater Treatment Facility was regularly meeting its permit limit of 1.0 mg/L effluent phosphorus.The only trouble was that doing so...
Online Exclusives
Testing the Waters: Researchers Assess the Performance of Small Community Wastewater Lagoons
Alarmed about rising levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in America’s water, the Environmental Protection Agency has invested $1 million in West Virginia...
Editorial
Technology Aqua Metrology Takes the Guesswork Out of Chemical Dosing for Nutrient Reduction
While some clean-water plants transition to biological methods for phosphorus removal, many still rely on chemical methods.
Typically, they dose the wastewater with...
