As we saw at the end of last summer, flooding from storms like Hurricane Harvey are capable of overwhelming a large number...
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Your Drain Is Arizona’s Newest Water Source
Until the beginning of this year, direct potable reuse in Arizona was unequivocally banned.
“There was a flat-out prohibition against using direct potable...
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How Cross-Trained Employees Streamline Plant Operations
Plant Supervisor Tim Burton takes viewers on a tour of the town of Rocky Mount (Virginia) Wastewater Treatment Plant, which features a...
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Blue-White Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Blue-White Industries was born out of one man’s pursuit of perfection in water treatment. Now in its sixtieth year, the company continues...
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Dedicated Operations Team Keeps Carpinteria WWTP Running Fluidly
Upgrades like turbo blowers by APG-Neuros, a new digester, chemical handling facility and aeration control have helped a team of six operators at...
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Data Management Keeps Plant in Compliance
ProblemThe Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant was using manual processes for data collection, yielding inconsistent and often inaccurate data, leading to numerous permit violations,...
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Overcoming Winter Wastewater Challenges Via Bioaugmentation
As if the many variables of wastewater treatment aren’t enough to keep a treatment plant operator busy from day to day, winter...
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Tracking Wastewater's Path to Wells and Groundwater
Although people often “flush it and forget it” when it comes to wastewater, it’s important to track it to ensure it doesn’t...
Editorial
Here's How a Florida Treatment Plant Team Deals With Hurricanes and Other Storm Events
Please excuse the staff at the Palm Coast Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 for complaining about lousy weather.Hurricane Irma was just the...
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A Safer Alternative to Bulk Hydrated Lime, Quicklime or Soda Ash
TG 325 OX is a proven, premium-quality, technical-grade magnesium oxide, manufactured through a proprietary process for application in municipal water and wastewater...
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Check Out the Alkulator App
The Alkulator app calculates the alkalinity added from one of several common alkalinity-supplying chemicals at a user specified dosing rate. It then computes...
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The Best Nonhazardous Alternative to Lime and Caustic Soda
Because of the high solubility of both caustic soda and lime, pH often becomes biologically prohibitive before ideal alkalinity levels and process...
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Watertown, New York, Operator Dies After Getting Injured on the Job
An employee for Watertown, New York, recently died as a result of injuries sustained while working at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.Watertown City...
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This Mini WWTP Cleans Wastewater While Generating Power, Nutrients
Rapid, unplanned urbanization is becoming a serious threat across the world, because it puts major stress on critical infrastructure such as water...

















