Nitrogen and phosphorus from clean-water plant discharges and a variety of other sources are a growing cause for concern, since they can...
Entries Tagged Phosphorus Removal
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PET Secures Global Distribution Rights for Phosphorus Absorbing Pellets
Phoslock Environmental Technologies recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with United States-based Water Warriors Inc. to distribute a product...
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'Future-Proof' Bacterial Method Removes Phosphorus From Warmer Wastewater
Singapore Center for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and the National University of Singapore, have...
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At North Port, Nothing Is Wasted. The Clean-Water Plant Even Has a Garden Where Operators Grow Healthy Foods
Look up the word “efficient” and you’ll find it defined as “producing desired results without wasting materials, time or energy.”
That certainly describes...
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An Illinois Plant Deploys the Aero-Mod SEQUOX Process to Provide Biological Treatment With Room to Grow
The Village of Hinckley needed to upgrade its rotating biological contactor plant to activated sludge to meet a consent decree.
Looking to minimize impact...
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A Collaborative Long-Term Project Helps a Northeast Wisconsin Clean-Water Agency Control Phosphorus
Farmers, the Oneida Nation and many other partners have joined NEW Water in a project to help NEW Water in Green Bay meet...
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Revenue from Septage Keeps a Clean-Water Plant Financially Sound After a Major Discharger's Departure
The Richmond clean-water plant was humming along just fine until the Vermont town’s creamery shut down in 1999.
“With the creamery, our flows...
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WRF, Utilities Collaborate to Fund Energy-Efficient Nutrient Management Study
The Water Research Foundation has granted $200,000 for a project called Advancing Low-Energy Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal (project number 5083). The project will...
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The Water Council Announces Seventh Round of Pilot Program Winners
The Water Council, a nonprofit championing water technology innovation in the world’s freshwater hub, recently announced the winners of its 2021 Pilot...
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Case Studies - November 2021
Ozone and oxygen reduce odor at collection system and lift station
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A Pacific Northwest regional wastewater authority received multiple odor complaints especially during summer....
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Alfa Laval Press Gives Operators More Control of Dewatering and Enables Greater Throughput
Effective dewatering is important to biosolids management. Drier cake reduces volume and helps cut the cost of hauling to a land application site...
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An Innovative Operations Group Proves Nutrient Reduction Doesn't Have to Cost a Fortune
Facing a need to reduce effluent nitrogen and phosphorus, the Kansas city of Great Bend had a choice: Try to get it...
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Can Your Plant Remove Nutrients Cost-Effectively? EPA Study Aims to Show You How
Stricter effluent nutrient limits pose a dilemma for clean-water plant teams: How to comply with the new permit, and at what cost?
Major...
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Researchers Find a New Multitasking Microbe to Purify Wastewater
Researchers from the National University of Singapore have developed a new way to treat sewage that is simpler, cheaper and greener than...
















