Entries Tagged Sustainability

Editorial Sustainable Practices Have Set Up This Utility for Long-Term Success

When a water utility is in a fast-growing area and needs to plan for expansion, it’s good to have something extra in...

August 11, 2021

Editorial A Scientist Proclaims There Is Much More to UV Than Meets the Eye

The value of UV light for disinfection is well known. It’s highly effective against a broad range of pathogens, and it eliminates...

June 15, 2021

Editorial Cambi Reactor Breaks Down and Sterilizes Biolids at This Virginia Utility

When the Hampton Roads Sanitation District ran short of storage space for biosolids, it had a choice: Add capacity for Class B...

June 15, 2021

Online Exclusives Rialto Microgrid Project to Offer Resilient, Sustainable Power to City's WWTP

The City of Rialto, California, in partnership with Rialto Water Services and Veolia North America, have announced a joint commitment to the...

April 13, 2021

Editorial A Washington Community and Utility Follow a Well-Designed Pathway to Sustainability

The Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant has taken big steps toward sustainability. Those steps were outlined several years ago in a document called the...

March 17, 2021

Editorial Columbus Water Work Uses Technology and Pedestrian Methods to Manage its Watershed

Columbus Water Works uses electronic monitoring and other technology to manage its watershed and its water and wastewater treatment, but it also...

February 08, 2021

Editorial Blower Upgrades Enhance Energy Efficiency. Here's a Way to Quantify the Savings.

Energy is the second largest expense in most water resource recovery facilities. In an activated sludge plant, for example, more than half...

December 14, 2020

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...

December 14, 2020

Editorial Some Clean-Water Plants Have Trouble Finding Land to Apply Their Biosolids. That’s Not the Case for This Colorado City.

Some clean-water plants have trouble finding land to apply their biosolids. That’s not the case at Fort Collins, Colorado.The city owns the...

October 16, 2020

Editorial A Southwestern City Engages Its Residents in a Multimedia Artistic Presentation of the Area’s Cultural and Water-Supply Heritage

Not far from Mesa’s Northwest Water Reclamation Plant in Arizona is the 2,100-acre Riverview Park. More than 200 years ago, a series...

September 15, 2020

Editorial Paso Robles Bet Big on Sustainability and Won Significant Rewards

Paso Robles, California, made a plan in 2013 to go to tertiary wastewater and then recycling, but the city didn’t intend to...

August 13, 2020

Editorial Industry News - August 2020

Grundfos’ Swetye added to board of Hydraulic InstituteGrundfos announced the appointment of Jim Swetye, technical training manager, to serve on the board...

July 20, 2020