Jeanne Sabin always liked the idea of going to Mars. When an opportunity arose to operate a wastewater treatment facility at the...
Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment
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Wastewater Treatment Plants Could Become Sustainable Biorefineries
In the future, wastewater treatment plants can have a broader function by being converted into biorefineries.
All of the world's wastewater treatment plants treat...
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Reclaimed Wastewater Plays a Key Role in Conservation
As the wastewater collection and treatment agency as well as the water distribution agency for its service area, the Orange Water and...
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This Plant's Effluent Is Cleaner Than the River
In this online exclusive video, Brian Ross, senior assistant director of Water & Waste Services, takes viewers on a tour of a...
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New at WEFTEC: Clearas Offers Biological Treatment System for Nutrient Removal and Recovery
Clearas Water Recovery introduced an Advanced Biological Nutrient Recovery (ABNR) system at the WEFTEC Show that maximizes recovery of excess nutrients, increases...
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WEFTEC Report: Turning (Reuse) Water Into Wine
You can hardly attend a wastewater treatment convention these days without being offered a taste of beer made with reclaimed water.
Xylem has...
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San Francisco to Upgrade WWTP With $699 Million EPA Loan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a $699 million low-interest loan to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) to...
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Take a Video Tour of This Alabama MBR Plant
The Harvest-Monrovia (Alabama) Water and Sewer Authority serves 45,000 people using a biological nutrient-removal system. Join lead operator Eric Edwards as he...
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They're Never Too Young: Taking My Grandsons to the 'Water Wasting Treatment Plant'
On a recent visit with my grandsons, 6-year-old Tucker out of the blue began talking about the “water wasting treatment plant.”
Apparently he...
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Effluent-Raised Salmon Gets Community Involved in Wastewater Treatment
Bangor, Maine, is experiencing a spike of tour requests and public interest due to its salmon release program.
Since 2007, the...
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Hawaii’s Groundbreaking Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The project cost...
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Solutions for Mechanical Pretreatment
See a mechanical preliminary wastewater pretreatment featuring screenings capture, washing and pressing with HUBER.
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Software Tool Can Show if a City's WWTP Will Fail
Urban populations and megacities are on the rise and so is the amount of wastewater pouring into treatment facilities that cannot adequately...
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What's In a Name: Shedding Wastewater's Stigma Via Rebranding
The words traditionally used to define municipal treatment systems — sewer, sewage, wastewater — have never painted a flattering image in the...
















