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Online Networking Matters   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Hybrid SCADA   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By John K. Collings
Combining conventional and cellular SCADA yields increased performance and big savings
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Effective Monitoring   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Robert Eckard
Revamping a Florida wastewater system’s approach
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The Asset Management Bandwagon   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Sandy Bolotsky
Utilities take financial managers’ lead and reap benefits from software packages
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Risky Business   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Roderick Lovely
Physical asset management tactics reduce costs
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Stretching the Life of Membranes   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Clare Pierson
Best practices in caring for your membrane filtration system
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Capacity for Consent   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Caitlin Cunningham
A U.K. wastewater plant enhances its treatment process as part of a regional sludge initiative
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WEFTEC.08: Windy City Wrap-Up   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   Bu WWD Editorial Staff
“Green” initiatives keep making headlines at the world’s biggest wastewater event
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Partnering on the Prairies   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Clint Jacobs
Rural residents join forces to provide clean, affordable water in northeast Montana
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A Single-Source Delivery   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Steve London
A municipality chooses DBO method to deliver sewage treatment and water reuse options
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Certification Education   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   Compiled by Rebecca Wilhelm
How one association is raising the bar for coating and lining projects
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Proper Pump Design   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By John Veerling
A Florida water reclamation facility preserves its rotary lobe tradition
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Project Coordination in the Right of Way   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Martha Bednarz
Providence Water breaks ground with Envista technology
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Problem Solving with Pumps   Water & Wastes Digest November 2008   By Robert Graham
Pumps solve lime-dosing problems for Ruswarp WTW in the U.K.
Infrastructure Matters   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Caitlin Cunningham
Achieving sustainability via utility management practices, rates, water use and watershed protection
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The Trend of Reuse   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Clare Pierson
How water reuse can impact your water footprint
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Loosening the Squeeze   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   Neda Simeonova
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Changing & Sustaining   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Benjamin H. Grumbles
Establishing a common management framework for water and wastewater utilities
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A Natural Approach   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Chris Kloss
Green infrastructure for effective storm water management
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Small Town, High Tech   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
Research project gives a Wisconsin village the opportunity to implement ultraviolet (UV) disinfection of its groundwater-sourced drinking water supply
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Boosting Blower Performance   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Jim Renk & Robert Geyer
Intake filter silencers bring energy, maintenance and labor savings to a New York WWTP
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Sunny Solution   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Chris Knud-Hansen
Solar-powered circulation for energy-efficient wastewater pond management
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Mixed-Oxidant Solutions   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Wesley L. Bradford, Susan B. Rivera & Sidney F. Varn, Jr.
Moving away from chloramines while maintaining water quality
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Water Management & the Bottom Line   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Alan Mokbel
Reusing water in industrial applications
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Manual vs. Automatic   Water & Wastes Digest October 2008   By Jonny Barron & Bob Beyer
Weighing the pros and cons of manual and automatic sampling methods
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Long-Term Solutions   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Neda Simeonova
Synergistic Treatment   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Miroslav Colic
Primary treatment is key, even with effective secondary and tertiary systems
From Specialty Item to Commodity   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Val S. Frenkel & Justyna Kempa-Teper
Membrane technologies offer cost-effective benefits in water/wastewater treatment
MBR Turndown   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Dennis Livingston
Incrementally adjusting treatment capacity to match demand, drive down energy costs and improve overall treatment
Pretreatment & Membrane Performance   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Sunil Kommineni, Mike Urrutia, James DeWolfe & Juan Vasquez
A Texas treatment plant’s filtration impact
Steps to Successful Project Implementation   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Ben Movahed
Considerations and planning for a membrane plant
Barrier Boost   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Venkat Mahendraker & Vikram M. Pattarkine
Microbial population research promoting use of membrane technology
Ready for Reuse?   Membrane Technology October 2008   By Katariina Majamaa, Peter Aerts & Veronica Gomez
Integrating membrane systems to increase water safety, reduce footprint and fouling
Energy Talks … But Who is Listening?   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Power-Optimizing Treatment Works   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Benjamin H. Grumbles
Effective energy management practices
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De-Bottlenecking Distillery Operations   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Neda Simeonova
Sustainable solutions for whole stillage and process wastewater at the Maker’s Mark Distillery
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The Option of Thermal Drying   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Travis Smith
Minnesota communities take the lead in innovative biosolids processing technologies
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Redesign & Refine   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Caitlin Cunningham
As a Minnesota city grows, so too must its WWTP
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The ABCs of MBRs   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Dr. Peter Aerts
An overview of the technology’s advantages, drawbacks and sustainability
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Removing Fine Grit from Large Flows   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Marcia Sherony
A Colorado WWTP taps a high-capacity system for grit removal
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Automation Event: ISA EXPO 2008   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
One event provides in-depth coverage of topics vital to the field of automation and control
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Chicago's Water Leaders   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Clare Pierson
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) of Greater Chicago’s president and its superintendent talked with Clare Pierson, associate editor for WWD, about the MWRD’s role at WEFTEC.08, the city’s new initiatives for treating wastewater and storm water and how the group is dealing with funding and regulations.
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Eliminating EDCs   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Hubert Cabana & Peter Jones
Design experiment optimizes method for removing endocrine disrupters in treatment plants
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Plant Design Hits the Jackpot   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Jeff Adams
Biological treatment/solids removal system allows a California resort room to grow
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Finding the Silver Lining   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Clare Pierson
L.A. County finds that a PVC grade pipe liner meets its needs and has ‘green’ advantages
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Dose by Numbers   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Chris Westlake
Dissolved organics analyzer controls coagulant chemical additions at a New Jersey water utility
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Streamlining with SCADA   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Steve London
Illinois town plagued by chronic I&I finds benefits in its new preventative maintenance tool
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Controlling Corrosion   Water & Wastes Digest September 2008   By Laura Bauer & Frederick Frank
Preventing corrosion in WWTPs with cathodic protection
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Flowmeter Foresight   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Clare Pierson
A flowmeter product specialist reviews new technologies and user guidelines
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Ready, Set, Network   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Hilary Currey
Linking utilities for emergency preparedness
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Aquifer Alliance   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Dan Cappellini
Washington state citizens, officials and agencies team up to protect an aquifer recharge area
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No Small Challenge   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Helping Small Systems   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Benjamin H. Grumbles
U.S. EPA provides new management tool for small systems
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The Winding Path to Sustainability   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Neda Simeonova
Tackling regulatory requirements and funding challenges
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Building from Scratch   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Clare Pierson
A city with no previous method of treatment for its drinking water embarks on an ambitious treatment plant to treat high levels of arsenic
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Get Equipped   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By David Heigl
Using pumps with TSE dry-run protection and 6-L geometry for flocculation and sludge floc transfer
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Taking Out the Trash   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Julie Turnbaugh
Fine-screen system helps a New Jersey treatment plant stop clogs before they can stop operations
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Shutting Down Valve Slam   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Rachel J. Hartman
A special kind of check valve solves the common problem of valve slam in Fresno, Calif.
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Preserving Water Quality in Distribution Systems   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Mike Duer
Mixing systems research and developments for water storage tanks and reservoirs
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Onsite Check Metering   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Brian Roughan
Portable check metering kit enables verification of virtually any flowmeter
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Achieving Hydraulic Compatibility   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Sterling L. Carroll
Can two elevated tanks work together in the same system?
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The Windy City Welcomes WEFTEC.08   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
Come to Chicago and see what the largest annual water quality exhibition in the world has to offer
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Low Water Pressure Creates a High-Pressure Situation   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Chuck Carey
A fire sprinkler protection system gets a flow boost from a new pumping station
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Underway Monitoring   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Robert M. Ellison
Ferries monitor water quality with data system as part of North Carolina program
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A Deluge of Water   Water & Wastes Digest August 2008   By Stephanie Morgan
A pump company and disaster response agencies team up to relieve flooded areas of the Midwest
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Relief for an Overburdened Watershed   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Neda Simeonova
Radnor Township manages storm water by offering above-ground community recreation area and below-ground relief of surface flooding
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Getting Real with CSO   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Timothy Ruggaber
Using a decentralized real-time monitoring device to more effectively handle CSO problems
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Turbo-Filtration   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Chris Shuster
A custom Type 316 stainless steel manifolding fabricated by Miller-Leaman to accommodate future expansion of the Turbo-Disc Filter system; used for demonstration and water testing purposes.
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Ethernet Explosion   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Bob Douglass
Utilities are using Ethernet capabilities in new ways for a more well-rounded monitoring and controlling system
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Membrane Week 2008   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Water & Waste Digest
AMTA/SEDA Joint Conference & Exposition focuses on membranes
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AMTA Charges Ahead   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Clare Pierson
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Flooding Salt into the Infrastructure Wound   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Out with the Overflows   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Steve London
Submersible pumps nearly double an Iowa lift station’s capacity
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A New Kind of Hydropower   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Caitlin Cunningham
How a Minnesota wastewater plant reuses treated effluent to help a local energy center generate electricity
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Flushing in Water Quality   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Clare Pierson
An Alabama water utility searches for a more efficient way of flushing its distribution system and finds the solution in automatic flushing
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Open for Business   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Dave Handy
A Florida shopping center develops a dewatering plan
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Ready for Reuse   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Anthony Galvan
Multibarrier package treatment systems serve nonpotable municipal requirements
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No Need to Dig-and-Replace   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Charlie Bosworth
Trenchless technology helps repair Utah water line
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ACE08 a Peach   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Water & Waste Digest
World’s water event highlights, promotes industry progress
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Adding a Slice of Treatment   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Kirk Oleson, Kyle Booth & Mark Fosshage
A California cheese production company reduces loads to its city wastewater plant
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A Heavy Metal Solution   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Brad Marchant
Homegrown wastewater treatment technology puts China’s leading copper mine ahead of the game
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Crawling Toward a Better Pipe Inspection   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Richard Lindner & Mark Burcham
Choosing the right crawler by matching size with need
Beyond Metal   Water & Wastes Digest July 2008   By Domenic DeCaria
Implementing CPVC pipe to curtail corrosion in water treatment plants
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Visit Our Buyer's Guide   Water & Wastes Digest June 2008   Water & Wastes Digest
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The ‘Fluid’ Economy   Water & Wastes Digest June 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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How Little is Too Much?   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Capacity Development   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Benjamin H. Grumbles
Code for water system compliance & sustainability
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Upgrade Undertaking   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Neda Simeonova
How one city handles plant improvements and funding challenges to comply with new regulations and meet future water needs
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Switch-Mode Success   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Mel Berman
Advances in power supplies for automated electrochemical mini-plants
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Frequency Hopping for Corrosion Protection   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By David Southern
Overcoming the land use, security and urban sprawl challenges of remote monitoring using new communication technology
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A Landmark Improvement Project   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
The city of San Diego takes a phased approach to improving its historic Alvarado Water Treatment Plant
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Beyond Storage   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Mark Eklund
When incorporating a tank in a plant, consider coatings, future expansion and the facility’s individual needs to maximize performance
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Mountaintop Service for 23 Years   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Ben Bogner
Fiber-reinforced polymer composite tanks provide running water to a rustic lodge atop the Smoky Mountains
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Managing Nutrient Pollution   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By David Slack
The Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant continues to reduce nutrient inflow into the Tampa Bay Estuary after nearly 30 years in operation
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The Path to Sustainability: Advanced Water Metering   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Peter Sanburn
AMI tool’s analytical and accurate measurements can help utilities and customers conserve
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Playing It Safe   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Beth Marcello
A theme park with pools and water rides uses automated controllers to monitor water quality
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Opting for Ozone   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Clifford Seth Lebowitz
A Kansas city addresses taste and odor problems with a primary disinfection ozone system
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Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water   Water & Wastes Digest May 2008   By Clare Pierson
Responding to media reports, Waters Corp. offers a way for large water utilities to be proactive in testing for pharmaceuticals in drinking water
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Maintenance is Key   Pump Source April 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Pump Query Checklist   Pump Source April 2008   By Douglas Bartholomew
From station conditions to vendor experience, knowing what questions to ask when purchasing or renting portable pumps
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Streamlining for Success   Pump Source April 2008   By Barry Harms
A South Carolina sewer group builds its future around footprint-reducing pump technology
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Goodbye Guesswork   Pump Source April 2008   By Chad Larson
An Illinois wastewater treatment plant reduces maintenance liabilities using variable frequency drives (VFDs)
Secret City Conquers Clogs   Pump Source April 2008   By Steve London
When original sludge pumps began failing, a Tennessee town adopted new high-solids-handling technology
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Talking Pumps   Pump Source April 2008   By Caitlin Cunningham
Industry experts convene to discuss timely issues and emerging solutions
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Pumps for Pipes   Pump Source April 2008   By Kirsten Petersen
Rotary wellpoint pumps remove groundwater, support sewer force main installation
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IFAT 2008: An International Approach to Environmental Solutions   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
Show offers comprehensive coverage of the water, sewage, refuse and recycling sectors
Tapping In   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Is Your Plant Secure?   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Clare Pierson
An update for plants and utilities; new information about cyber security
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Stop! Don’t Use That Part   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Grant Van Hemert
What you need to know about electrical components to ensure treatment facility reliability
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Helping Rural Water Utilities   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Clare Pierson
Low-interest loans, guaranteed loans and grants for eligible water and sewer utilities
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Metering Pump Optimization to Reduce Operating Costs   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Thomas J. Day
Steps to improve performance and save money
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ACE08 in Atlanta   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
The annual AWWA event attracts more than 500 exhibitors ready to showcase new technologies and products
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A Forward-Looking Approach   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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Membranes Pass All the Right Tests   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Warren Casey
A plant expands its treatment options to address feedwater that increases in salinity by the day
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Award-Winning Plant Meets Growing Needs   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Stratton Tragellis
A design-build-finance concept through one provider worked well for this Colorado plant
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MBR System Takes Center Stage in Community Development   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Christopher Lewis
The new system will use water reuse & submerged membranes to produce high-quality effluent
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Revitalizing the Feng-Shan Reservoir   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Robert Laing
Using a reservoir-diffused aeration destratification system in Taiwan to control blue-green algae
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LCWA Solves growing drinking water needs   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Dean W. Potratz
Company constructs design-build water treatment plant for water authority
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Rural System Goes Regional   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Troy Larson
Cooperative effort aims to meet increasing water needs
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Looking Beyond Ponds   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Carol Wasson
Portable water clarifier promotes water reuse within a rural sand and gravel company
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Reducing Arsenic Levels with Iron-Based Media   Water & Wastes Digest April 2008   By Nadia Abbott
A Pennsylvania town meets EPA arsenic standards
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MBRs Take the Stage   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Neda Simeonova
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The Ins & Outs of MBRs   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Terry Gellner
An introduction to membranes, their surrounding systems and future
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Understanding the Alpha Factor   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Malcolm E. Fabiyi
Applying the alpha factor and pure oxygen to reduce aeration power demand
Membrane Week 2008   Membrane Technology March 2008   By AMTA
AMTA/SEDA Joint Conference & Exposition focuses on membranes
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Ultrafiltration Gains Performance Edge   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Emily Gilbert & Kate Koerber
The XIGA dead-end filtration concept provides for a wide dynamic operating range, requiring fewer flow controls and operating modes
Improving Membrane Performance with Pretreatment   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Brian S. Fraser
Phillipsburg, Kan., facility uses pretreatment to maintain high-quality feedwater
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Nutrient Removal   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Fred R. Gaines & Christopher Lewis
Controlling the discharge of nutrients from U.S. wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
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Built to Last   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Craig Granlund
RO elements stand the test of time at a North Dakota electric utility
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A Review of RO   Membrane Technology March 2008   By Linda Meyers
Instrumenting reverse osmosis (RO) systems for maximum efficiency and minimum maintenance
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Recovering Revenue   Water & Wastes Digest March 2008   By Shon Anderson
Automated water meters improve reading accuracy and recover town’s lost revenue
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An Active Solution   Water & Wastes Digest March 2008   By John F. Masters & Jeffrey D. Bergman
Energy savings & harmonic mitigation in the water and wastewater industry
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An Unconventional Check Valve   Water & Wastes Digest March 2008   By Rachel J. Hartman
A clog was stealing pipeline efficiency while a new check valve came to the rescue
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Finding the Right Elbow   Water & Wastes Digest March 2008   By David Hunter
Elbow failure created a hazardous slip-and-fall situation and put sensitive controls at risk
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Energy Efficiency   Water & Wastes Digest March 2008   By Rebecca Wilhelm
An expert’s perspective on implementing cost-effective energy efficiency practices
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