Nutrients removed from municipal wastewater in Oregon are helping to restore the salmon fishery in British Columbia. It’s a novel arrangement built...
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Entries Tagged Pumps
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Pumps, Drives, Valves and Blowers
Pump resolves maintenance issues
Problem
Mechanical seal failures on 6-inch pumps in lift stations were frustrating Jay Roberts, primary operator at the Bradford (Ohio)...
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So Long to Red Circles
John Lande remembers a time when he AND his staff didn’t enjoy going to work. In the late 1990s, a new permit...
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One Step Ahead
“Be prepared.” That old Boy Scout motto might well be the watchword at the Tappahannock (Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In anticipation of new...
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Working Hand in Hand
Like a hand in a glove, wastewater treatment has matched the rapid growth of housing in Huntley, Ill. Developments like Sun City,...
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Worth the Wait
Eighty-year-old aeration basins, 30-year-old equipment, no methane production from the digesters. The City of Two Rivers, Wis., had many reasons to upgrade...
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Ready Remedies
The adage that engineers design treatment plants but operators make them work is never more true than at the Henry N. Wochholz...
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A Lot of Ingenuity
For years, operators at the Suffield Water Pollution Control AUTHORITY wastewater treatment plant tried in vain to meet increasingly stringent total nitrogen...
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Energy Management and Renewable Resources
Hot-water dehumidification
KDS Solar liquid desiccant systems from Kathabar Dehumidification Systems use solar hot water as a heat source for dehumidification of outdoor...
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Solids Management
High-quality cake
The Prime rotary fan press from Prime Solution Inc. produces cakes averaging 18 to 24 percent solids for a range...
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Clean Plant, Clean Effluent
In the wastewater profession, a clean plant usually means a well-run plant. So it’s nosurprise that the performance record at the North...
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LEEDing the Way
Office buildings, schools, hotels, homes, banks and government buildings dominate the list of LEED certified buildings in the United States: buildings designed...
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Always Shipshape
Don Pierce will be the first to admit he’s “a fanaticabout cleanliness.” That explains why the Tomah (Wis.) Wastewater Facility, where he...
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The Old with the New
Over half a century old, it’s no wonder that the Columbia Boulevard Wastewater. Treatment Plant in Portland, Ore., has been upgraded, expanded...
