As the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revision implementation continues to evolve, it’s important that public water systems stay ahead of the...
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Product Spotlight - Water: Software helps public water systems comply with EPA
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Huber Technology Equipment Helps Dover Blaze a New Trail in Material Recycling
A wastewater treatment facility in New Hampshire is taking the streets by storm with a brand-new environmental catch basin cleanings system.In a...
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A Gasification Process Beats Incineration for Biosolids Management
Biosolids management has become more challenging with tight emission regulation for incinerators and concern over PFAS placing structures even on land application.Ecoremedy...
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Life Is Never Dull for This New Hampshire Operator and His Team. There's Always a Project That Needs Their Expertise.
When it came time to build a SCADA system for the Allenstown Wastewater Treatment Facility, the plant team didn’t have to look...
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Locally Optimized PFAS Treatment Systems Take GAC and ION Exchange to New Levels
Granular activated carbon and ion exchange are two technologies proven effective in treating waters that contain PFAS.One issue with both is that,...
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Clean-Water Agencies Earn Praise for Exemplary Success in Protecting Waters From Nutrient Enrichment
Nitrogen and phosphorus from clean-water plant discharges and a variety of other sources are a growing cause for concern, since they can...
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A New Approach to Dewatering Helped a Massachusetts Plant Resolve a Compliance Issue
For decades the Montague Water Pollution Control Facility received pulp and paper waste from two mills, and some parts of a 2010...
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This Oklahoma City Is Prepared in Case It Needs to Supplement Its Water Supply With Recycled Effluent
Bartlesville may never have to reuse its wastewater effluent as a supplement to its water supply, but the city is prepared if...
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A Durable Receiving Station and a Fine Screen Helped this Facility Turn Septage Into an Asset
Two things are certain about septage. It is highly variable. And by its very nature — containing assorted debris, releasing odors and...
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A New Hampshire Plant Keeps Humming Along Through a Four-Year Upgrade
To call the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility a success story is an understatement.
The plant, recently upgraded to advanced secondary treatment and...
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Federal Government Actions Provide Guidance and Dollars for Addressing PFAS Contamination
The thousands of “forever chemicals” known collectively as PFAS are gaining attention as scientists study their prevalence in the environment and their...
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Unique Local Geology Helps the City of Prineville Sustain a Resilient Water Source
A small city in the high desert of central Oregon takes advantage of an unusual geological feature to make its water supply more...
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Lead in Drinking Water: Time for Zero Tolerance?
As I write this column, I am recalling another incidence of lead in drinking water, this time in Benton Harbor, Michigan which,...
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Getting the Lead Out
The problem of lead in drinking water came into the spotlight with the crisis in Flint, Michigan, in 2016. It resurfaced late...
