Wastewater Treatment
Sep 7 2018
Did you know wastewater is 99.9% to 99.95% water? It is only the remaining 0.05% to 0.1% (about 500 to 1,000 mg/L) that is comprised of impurities…
Aug 23 2018
Key West, Fla., is one of the most scenic locales in the U.S. Situated in the Florida Keys just to the southwest of Miami, it is visited by millions…
Aug 23 2018
I was attending a wastewater conference and overheard an operator talking about how a drug bust turned his lagoon orange and almost put him out of…
Aug 23 2018
The paint and pigment industry is a large consumer of process and wash water to be used in various water-based paint pigment products. The water…
Jul 12 2018
According to new research out of the University of Leeds in England, microplastics in rivers are found in higher concentrations downstream from…
Jul 5 2018
Green+Green mobile organic biofilm is an environmentally friendly, all-natural and renewable biofilm process that uses mobile settling enhancement…
Jul 2 2018
Wastewater lagoons are cost-effective treatment options that communities with the necessary available land can use to remove harmful pollutants from…
Jun 29 2018
Daegu City, South Korea has extended a proposal of cooperation project to the Philippines in order to explore advanced technology for wastewater…
Jun 28 2018
Managing Editor Bob Crossen talks with Nate Bach and Mary Sitko about how U.S. Water and Tonka Water are using their expertise to solve water…
May 16 2018
Researchers at Oregon State University have unveiled new findings regarding the effects of silver nanoparticles on the wastewater treatment process.…
May 14 2018
The Muskegon County wastewater treatment plant is facing several issues due to significant buildups of flushable wipes. The plant, located in…
Apr 19 2018
Following a study conducted by the Water Chemistry and Microbiology group from the Technical University of Valencia, it was discovered that…
Mar 9 2018
According to a new report, China’s wastewater treatment market is growing at a significant clip. The market value exceeded $42.1 billion in 2017 but…
Mar 7 2018
Arizona has become the first state to adopt a complete regulatory approach to the implementation of direct potable reuse. This was made official in…
Feb 13 2018
Over the past two decades, Vietnam has seen their water reserves suffer drastic reductions. Due to this, average water consumption levels per person…
Jan 11 2018
A brewery located outside Ten Sleep, Wyo., has prompted the City Council to implement new wastewater ordinance procedures so it may accommodate…
Dec 15 2017
Researchers at the University of Tübingen in Germany have created a new bioprocess that successfully converts a common dairy byproduct, acid whey,…
Dec 11 2017
Flat Creek near Gainesville, Ga. has suffered a spill of 187,500 gal of partially treated wastewater due to an improperly closed valve.
Flat Creek,…
Dec 5 2017
Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a new wastewater treatment process utilizing electricity as the reagent for the…
Nov 30 2017
According to a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project, the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant of Baltimore, Md., released four times…
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Sep 21 2018
Editor's Note: Each week, Water & Wastes Digest will post an aggregate of business news briefs and networking news items to keep you informed on…
Sep 21 2018
Two workers have filed a lawsuit claiming the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) was negligent, according to The Chicago Tribune. This…
Sep 21 2018
Across North Carolina, Hurricane Florence disposed approximately 8 trillion gal of rain, enough to fill more than 12 million Olympic swimming pools.…
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