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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The Water Council Announces Seventh Round of Pilot Program Winners
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Homes Evacuated After Wastewater Reservoir Threatens Collapse in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently declared a state of emergency for Manatee County and more than 300 homes were under evacuation orders...
Editorial
This Minnesota City Casts a Wide Net in Capturing Efficiencies and Sustainable Practices
At the St. Cloud Wastewater Treatment Facility, success led to more success with energy and sustainability projects.
Things moved so quickly that the...
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Researchers Develop Membrane to Recover Nutrients for Fertilizer
Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have announced a process they developed called NPHarvest, which allows for the recovery of nitrogen and...
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NEW Water's Quest for Effluent Nutrient Reduction Reaches Out Across a Major Watershed
Rising in the ranks as an engineer and designer of clean-water plants, Tom Sigmund, P.E., likely never dreamed that someday he’d be...
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Getting Phosphorus Discharges Under Control Without the Expensive Upgrade
In this online exclusive video, Greg Moser, superintendent of the Slinger (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant, gives viewers a detailed look at wastewater...
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The Village of Slinger's Process Optimization Initiative Has Spanned Three Years in Search of Phosphorus Reduction
The Slinger (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant will face a monthly average phosphorus limit of 0.075 mg/L in 2023.
Since the village (population 5,500)...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
By Rick Lallish
In a biological nutrient removal process, what is the condition where bacteria incorporate more phosphorus than needed for growth?
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News Briefs: New Phosphorus Regs in Wisconsin Could Force Upgrades for WWTPs
Entry 245048Around a dozen wastewater treatment facilities in Wisconsin could be compelled to spend more than $16 million to comply with new...
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Improving Compliance Through Real-Time Phosphorus Control
Phosphorus is essential to life and so it is present in plants and animals. Phosphorus promotes growth, which is good for a...
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Phosphorus Pollution Reaching Dangerous Levels Worldwide, Study Finds
Man-made phosphorus pollution is reaching dangerously high levels in freshwater basins around the world, according to new research.
A new study published in Water Resources Research,...
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Thioguard Delivers Multiple Benefits At Headworks And WWTP
Thioguard benefits in biosolids treatment include:• Digestion• Methane production• Enhanced dewateringHow it works:Increases pH and buffering alkalinity
Stabilizes and...
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News Briefs: EPA Official Says 'No Reasonable Operator' Would Have OK'd Flint Plant
Robert Kaplan, the EPA’s interim Region 5 director, says Flint, Michigan’s water plant should never have gotten the approval to operate.“No reasonable...
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Meeting Stringent Phosphorus Limits Without a Tertiary System
The Marlborough, Massachusetts, Easterly Wastewater Treatment Facility, was faced with an extremely stringent total phosphorus (TP) permit limit of 0.1 mg/L (60-day...
