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May 1 2019Flowmeters

Introduction Steam poses a unique challenge for colleges and universities. Many schools want to accurately track, and then internally bill, for steam…

May 1 2019Packaged Treatment Plants, Wastewater

Net Zero Resource Recovery

Introduction Hermitage Municipal Authority is strategically located between Pittsburgh, Pa., and Cleveland, Ohio in northwestern Pennsylvania,…

Apr 26 2019Analytical Instruments, Water/Wastewater

Analyzer Plays Role in Mine Wastewater Cyanide Treatment

Introduction Cyanide (CN) is commonly utilized in multiple industrial processes in the global mining, metals, chemical, electronics, steel,…

Winery with reclaimed water from irrigation

Apr 22 2019Membrane Technology

10-Years & Counting: Healdsburg WWTP Mempulse System with Original B40N Membranes

The city of Healdsburg, Calif., Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is located 60 miles north of San Francisco in the heart of the picturesque Sonoma…

PCSA staff using Beacon AMA software suite

Apr 15 2019Advanced Meter Reading (AMR)

Beacon AMA Managed Solution Improves Efficiency and Customer Service

When Chris Adcock became the executive director at the Pittsylvania County Service Authority (PCSA) in 2013, he found an aging water system. With…

Apr 9 2019Pumping Systems

City of Joliet undergoes system upgrade

In conjunction with Joseph J. Henderson, general contractor and engineer of Baxter & Woodman, Metropolitan Ind. supplied the city of Joliet with…

From left to right: Todd Hutson, UT Supervisor, Kyle Hogue, P.E., Department Director of Public Works, Justin Praesel, UT Superintendent., DJ Johnson, Atlas Utility, Inc., Scott Kriston, Director of Public Works.

Mar 28 2019Advanced Meter Reading (AMR)

BEACON Advanced Metering Analytics Improves Accuracy & Customer Service for Highland Village, Texas

After deployment of an AMI system that did not work properly, initially forcing them to manually read meters, Highland Village was in need of a new…

Mar 27 2019Pumps

BJM Solids Handling Pump Improves Metal Manufacturing Facility

The Companies The manufacturing environment can be hard on equipment, and pumps are no exception. This was the scenario at a custom metal…

Figure 2. The ECD DC80 DeChlorinization Analyzer for LNG.

Mar 15 2019Chemicals, Dechlorination

Amperometric Analyzer Solves Wastewater DeChlorination Problem at LNG Terminal

An international oil & gas company that operates a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal along Italy’s Adriatic Sea coast recently encountered a…

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority operates a 76 million gal/day wastewater treatment plant

Mar 13 2019Wastewater Treatment

Eckel Acoustic Panels Dramatically Reduce Centrifuge Roar at Albuquerque Solids Dewatering Plant

The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (Albuquerque, N.M.) operates a 76 million gal/day (rated capacity) wastewater treatment…

Pennsylvania American Water Company put a number of tanks out for repainting work in 2011

Feb 28 2019Tanks

Five-Year Anniversary Inspection on Pennsylvania American Tank

In 2011, Pennsylvania American Water Company put a number of tanks out for repainting work. Among them were two 1,000,000 gal standpipes located in…

Manufacturer & contractor act quickly to address situation

Feb 14 2019Pumps, Bypass

Sewage Overflow Catastrophe Stopped by Bypass Pumping Solution

An unexpected catastrophe at a municipality near Washington, D.C., had area officials searching for answers, as they were not prepared to handle it…

Malaysian treatment facility obtains reliable real-time data & saves money

Feb 11 2019Analytical Equipment

Amperometric Sensors Help Improve Chlorine Measurement Accuracy

A major water company operates a cluster of Malaysia SEA municipal water treatment facilities that serve a large urban population. With its tropical…

System handles higher-than-anticipated flows

Feb 8 2019Pumps, Bypass

Bridge Street Bypass Solves Potential Sewage Contamination

An old, worn-out bridge in a Virginia city was badly in need of replacement, but tearing it down and constructing a new bridge could create long-…

System reduces operating costs & limits capital expenses

Jan 7 2019Automation

Controller Reduces Nutrient Return & Improves Energy Efficiency

Faced with rising operational costs due to increasing energy and chemical prices, as well as stricter effluent permit limits, many operators and…

Experimental sewer structure rehabilitation finds success

Jan 3 2019Concrete Rehab Material

Still Going Strong

In 2000, one of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s major sewer structures, the Maline Drop Shaft, had been so severely degraded by…

Ohio interceptor project uses CCCP process to save over half of estimated project cost

Dec 22 2018Pipe Repair/Rehab

Big Pipe, Big Savings

The city of Westlake, Ohio, got an interesting ‘wake up call’ in 2006 when a sanitary sewer interceptor line in nearby city of Lorain failed…

One of the aeration basins at Stadtlohn wastewater treatment plant. The Liquiline Control system monitors the online measurements of oxygen and ammonium to control the nitrification and denitrification phases.

Dec 5 2018Denitrification Equipment

Automated Nitrogen Removal Helps Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Stadtlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is designed to handle wastewater from a population equivalent (PE)…

Overview of the three eight-disk AquaDisk filter units located adjacent to Shepard Energy Centre’s cooling towers.

Nov 28 2018Water Filtration

Filters Reduce TSS & NTU for Power Plant Process Water

Shepard Energy Centre, owned by Enmax and Capital Power Corp., is located in Calgary, AB, Canada. It began operating in March 2015 and is capable of…

The complete Xylem solution—a 30-mgd bypass system—is shown here with the city of Syracuse, N.Y., in the background.

Nov 8 2018Pumps, Bypass

Bypass System at Pump Station Enables Upgrade Completion

The West Side sewage pump station in Onondaga County, N.Y., required a bypass system to move a peak flow of 30 million gal per day (mgd) during its…

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