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Entries Tagged Phosphorus
Editorial
Thinking Bigger: Why Phosphorus Extraction is a Global Issue
Phosphorus is becoming a riddle for clean-water plant operators. Not so long ago, the nearly sole focus was on getting it out...
Online Exclusives
U.S. Water’s PhosZero Chemistry Named Finalist in R&D 100 Awards
U.S. Water, a national provider of integrated solutions for water treatment, has been selected as a finalist by the R&D 100 Award...
Online Exclusives
Phosphorus Allies: Unraveling Wisconsin’s Dairy/Wastewater Connection
Phosphorus — a water-quality nemesis and the target of tighter treatment regulations — might actually be bringing point-source and nonpoint source dischargers...
Online Exclusives
Ghostbusters? How About Mud Chasers?
Everybody remembers the Ghostbusters, the 1980s film stars who tracked down ghosts in New York City.But Mud Chasers?It’s the name of a brand-new...
Online Exclusives
Fixing Phosphorus: How Adaptive Management Can Solve a Nutrient Dilemma
Phosphorus.Every wastewater treatment plant manager knows that meeting new limits for phosphorus can be very costly. But managers also know that controlling...
Online Exclusives
WER Open-Access Article Addresses Stabilizing Phosphorus in Land-Applied Biosolids
The open access article for the July 2016 edition of Water Environment Research evaluates the impact of alkaline to stabilize the release...
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News Briefs: Contamination Cover-Up? Actress Sues Philadelphia Over Lead Levels
A class-action lawsuit, filed by Eleni Delopoulos, 37, and represented by national law firm Hagens Berman, claims the City of Philadelphia put...
Videos
How Southwest Licking Navigated Those Complex Biosolids Rules
Josh Holton, a Class III wastewater operator at the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District near Hebron, Ohio, takes phosphorus seriously....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Snowy Owl Recovers From Sludge Pond Dive
A wildlife rescue has a happy ending, thanks to two county wastewater system employees. The duo recently discovered a disabled snowy owl in...
Online Exclusives
Rep. Reid Ribble Hopes to 'Save the Bay' Through Phosphorus Reduction
“Never forget that you live at the mouth of the largest freshwater estuary in the world. And never forget the great responsibility...
Online Exclusives
Canada and US Adopt Phosphorus Reduction Goals to Protect Lake Erie
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced that Canada and the U.S....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Ohio EPA Orders Miami River Plants to Reduce Phosphorus
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set new phosphorus limits for two plants that discharge into the Great Miami River. The new...
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How Toledo Fought Back Against Lake Erie Algae
Despite the worst recorded algal bloom in Lake Erie this past summer, the City of Toledo drinking water system did not experience...
















