All Case Studies
Feb 7 2018
Norfolk Southern has a history of nearly two centuries of service that has linked communities and customers to the marketplace of the world. The…
Jan 22 2018
The main lift station serving the wastewater treatment plant in Morgan’s Point, Texas, continually experienced problems with its three standard non-…
Jan 8 2018
The Otay River Pump Station (ORPS), which pumps 7 to 9 million gal per day (mgd) of raw sewage to the South Bay Water Reclamation Facility for water…
Jan 7 2018
An international oil and gas company that operates a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal on Italy’s Adriatic Sea coast recently encountered a problem…
Dec 13 2017
Seeking to update its SCADA system, the city of Ottawa ditched its radio communications for a cloud-based system that can be accessed from mobile…
Dec 12 2017
The water municipality of a mid-size city in the Western region of the U.S. serving a population of approximately 180,000 people needed to address a…
Dec 11 2017
The City of Geneva, Ohio, is in Ashtabula County, east of Cleveland, along Lake Erie. Founded in 1816, this picturesque city is now home to 7,000…
Dec 10 2017
In the summer of 2014, Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) in California was facing a trihalomethane (THM) crisis. Drought across the western United…
Dec 7 2017
Designed to reduce environmental impacts resulting from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in Columbus, Ohio, the Olentangy-Scioto-Interceptor-Sewer…
Dec 6 2017
January 2014 brought a major weather event to the northern United States and Canada, and many challenges to water utilities in the region. An…
Dec 4 2017
It is a fact of life in every industrial facility: Heavy machinery and a cavernous room are a bad combination. The noise generated in such an…
Dec 3 2017
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority (RVSA), which operates a large wastewater treatment plant in New Jersey, embarked on a green cogeneration waste-…
Nov 30 2017
Water treatment chemistry can be complex. Knowing how multiple factors in any treatment system work together can be the difference between great…
Nov 26 2017
In late 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) approved plans to install a new well and build a new water treatment facility for the city of…
Nov 16 2017
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are facing many challenges. Permits on nitrogen and phosphorus in effluent water are progressively becoming…
Nov 15 2017
Heber Springs Water and Wastewater Utility in Heber Springs—a resort town located on Greers Ferry Lake in north-central Arkansas—serves approximately…
Nov 10 2017
It has long been known that nitrogen discharges into Long Island Sound are a key factor in its water quality. State Pollution Discharge Elimination…
Nov 10 2017
La Drôme Laboratoire is a laboratory in France conducting analysis in hydrology and environment, food safety, and biology. With approximately 100…
Nov 6 2017
The official motto of Rowland Water District is “effective action for sustainable progress.” Situated in eastern Los Angeles County, Calif., Rowland…
Nov 2 2017
Imagine having the best-tasting water in America. Mt. View–Edgewood Water Co. (MVEWC), located in the state of Washington, won this top honor in the…
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