Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment

It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2 million microplastic particles each day in its effluent. Yet,...

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s comprehensive youth outreach program started out with career-day visits. That led to a water festival. Now multiple...

As if the many variables of wastewater treatment aren’t enough to keep a treatment plant operator busy from day to day, winter...

When brush rotors in oxidation ditch applications approach their useful life expectancy, a prudent upgrade option is to replace them with Evoqua's OX...

Caught between climate change and multi-year droughts, California communities are tapping groundwater and siphoning surface water at unsustainable rates. As this year's below-average...

Your clarifier is 20 years old and you wonder how much life it has left. Or you just installed a new clarifier...

Components and systems age at varying rates with some parts remaining useful while others are in imminent danger of failing. Often, the...

Evoqua can help inspect, restore, upgrade and install wastewater treatment equipment and systems to extend life, improve performance, and reduce maintenance. Our...

Wastewater treatment systems that combine conventional setups with a relatively new technology could reap a host of benefits, including smaller plant sizes,...

A new study by scientists at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and the United Nations University concludes that about half of global wastewater...

No worries.” That’s how supervisor Jeff Totherow feels about his wastewater treatment plant when he’s not there. It’s because of a competent and talented staff of...

People/Awards The Maine City of Rockland has renamed its wastewater treatment plant the Terrance G. Pinto Wastewater Treatment Facility and Campus in honor of its...

In middle school, Elisabeth Werth did science experiments and built rockets. Science was a natural fit: “I’ve always been curious and scientific,” says...

For proof that there’s no keeping a good plant down, look to Ashland, Kentucky. In February, a truck loaded with landfill leachate broke...