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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…
An international oil and gas company that operates a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal on Italy’s Adriatic Sea coast recently encountered a problem…
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…
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…
In the summer of 2014, Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) in California was facing a trihalomethane (THM) crisis. Drought across the western United…
January 2014 brought a major weather event to the northern United States and Canada, and many challenges to water utilities in the region. An…
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…
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority (RVSA), which operates a large wastewater treatment plant in New Jersey, embarked on a green cogeneration waste-…
Water treatment chemistry can be complex. Knowing how multiple factors in any treatment system work together can be the difference between great…
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are facing many challenges. Permits on nitrogen and phosphorus in effluent water are progressively becoming…
Heber Springs Water and Wastewater Utility in Heber Springs—a resort town located on Greers Ferry Lake in north-central Arkansas—serves approximately…
It has long been known that nitrogen discharges into Long Island Sound are a key factor in its water quality. State Pollution Discharge Elimination…
La Drôme Laboratoire is a laboratory in France conducting analysis in hydrology and environment, food safety, and biology. With approximately 100…
The official motto of Rowland Water District is “effective action for sustainable progress.” Situated in eastern Los Angeles County, Calif., Rowland…
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…
While many water and wastewater facilities stick with outdated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, Aguas de Saltillo in Mexico…
The winds of change blow strongly through Central Square in Youngstown, Ohio, and with those changes come opportunity. As the city revitalizes its…
Slave Lake Pulp, a subsidiary of West Fraser Mills Ltd., is a 240,000-ton-per-year Bleached-Chemi-ThermoMechanical Pulp mill located in northern…
Providing clean drinking water to its citizens since the early 1800s, Nashville’s city government has a deep-rooted history in the water industry.…
Fairfield Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Butler County, Ohio, was having trouble with its grinders. The plant serves more than 42,500 domestic…
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