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    September/October Editorial Letter: Bread and butter

    Sept. 22, 2023
    This year, I have attended numerous tradeshows and conferences. I’ve spoken at length with utility leaders and equipment provider executives, and I’ll continue that streak at ...
    The site, when completed, will be an open space covered with native grasses. The treatment system will be unknown to the visitors.
    Wastewater Treatment

    Issues facing decentralized wastewater treatment today

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Electing appropriate technologies, managing sludge, optimizing energy consumption and addressing emerging pollutants can be challenges in developing effective decentralized wastewater...
    Enhanced biological phosphorus removal is the process by which naturally occurring organisms in the wastewater accumulate phosphorus under the right conditions as they travel through the treatment plant.
    Wastewater Treatment

    Enhanced fermentation: An effective approach to phosphorus removal

    Sept. 22, 2023
    When WWTPs achieve successful enhanced biological nutrient removal, natural waterways are protected.
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    WEFTEC 2023 show preview

    Sept. 22, 2023
    WEFTEC in the Windy CityThe Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) returns to McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois Sept. 30 to Oct 3.This year...
    The DeZURIK corporate headquarters and largest manufacturing plant reside in Sartell, Minnesota — but it also operates strategically located facilities across North America.
    Wastewater Treatment

    Exceptional flow control: the DeZURIK difference

    Sept. 22, 2023
    When Matt DeZurik invented the Eccentric Plug Valve in 1928, he didn’t set out to build a worldwide valve manufacturing company — he simply wanted to design a valve to solve an...

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    The Orival fully automatic self-cleaning filters provide uninterrupted downstream flow while cleaning themselves only when needed and utilizing only the line-pressure to power the cycle.
    Wastewater Treatment

    Model ORZ — automatic, self-cleaning screen filters

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Hydraulically driven automatic self-cleaning screen filters have been available for half a century. A key problem with these filters has been the immense amount of water required...
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    Smart water products and solutions for the complete water cycle

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Badger Meter has been an innovator in flow measurement for more than 115 years, serving water utilities, municipalities, and commercial and industrial customers worldwide with...
    “There’s never anything wrong with doing it right and being kind and treating people the way they should be treated,” Whisenhunt said.
    Industry Icon Award

    2023 Industry Icon: W. Rusty Whisenhunt

    Sept. 22, 2023
    With family and faith as an anchor, this Lawton, Oklahoma public utilities director sets a standard of excellence for the industry and his community.
    Most home values may grow approximately $26,000 by bringing a failing septic system into compliance and cleaning up improper wastewater discharge.
    Collection Systems

    The "eyes and ears" of all-terrain sewers

    Sept. 22, 2023
    The Lake Washington Sanitary District took one early, pivotal decision in its septic-to-sewer conversion now paying big dividends
    Photos courtesy C.F. Maier Composites Inc.
    A fiberglass-reinforced plastic dome covering system spanning 120 feet.
    Wastewater Treatment

    Walkable FRP cover systems for tanks

    Sept. 22, 2023
    Walkable fiberglass-reinforced plastic can prove an effective material for cover solutions where resilience is key.
    The completed expansion of the Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment plant expanded facility capacity and advanced a waste-to-energy program to realize a carbon neutral future.
    Plant Profile

    Plant Profile: Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant

    Sept. 22, 2023
    In a pledge to combat climate change, this Sacramento area plant generates renewable natural gas from its digestion process to be used as fuel for its solid waste trucks.