Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment is the process of converting wastewater into water that can be discharged back into the environment. According to the U.S. EPA, one of the most common forms of pollution control in the U.S. is wastewater treatment. The purpose of wastewater treatment is to speed up the natural processes by which water is purified.
Jul 28 2021
Governor Tom Wolf announced the investment of $97 million for 25 drinking water, wastewater, storm water, and nonpoint source projects across 19…
Jul 19 2021
Located in the Kansas City metro area south of Independence, Lee’s Summit Water Utilities has provided the city with water, sanitary sewer, and fire…
Jul 19 2021
Air Diffusion Systems fine bubble diffusion has had a transformative effect on the treatment at Annawan, Illinois, Wastewater Lagoon System. With 90…
Jul 19 2021
A federal judge ruled Maui County, Hawaii, must get permits to operate injection wells which are polluting the ocean.
According to The Honolulu Star…
Jul 14 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA is investing $307 million to modernize rural drinking water…
Jun 15 2021
With aging water infrastructure, one often faces dwindling efficiency, insufficient capacity, and lost abilty to meet new regulations. A decades old…
Jun 15 2021
Operators of the Three Rivers Regional Landfill (“Three Rivers”) desired a simple on-site solution for managing landfill leachate. Critical elements…
Jun 7 2021
A wastewater treatment plant in Lowell discharged 84 million gallons of rainwater mixed with raw sewage into the Merrimack River on Apr. 29.…
Jun 2 2021
North Carolina launched a statewide wastewater monitoring network to track COVID-19 trends through the use of wastewater sampling.
The N.C.…
May 28 2021
Clarifiers are an important component of the wastewater treatment process. However, between corrosion and changes in flow, maintaining a clarifier…
May 28 2021
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) has promoted Jeremy N. Nakashima, P.E., to vice president.
Nakashima, who joined LAN in 2010, has more…
May 26 2021
The Association of Clean Water Administrators (ACWA), the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA), the Association of State and…
May 24 2021
The Texas General Land Office announced it awarded the city of Seguin $37.8 million and the city of Marion $9.9 million for storm water improvements…
May 14 2021
Surrounded by expansive, rugged peaks and waterfalls, the town of Telluride, Colorado, is home to a population of about 2,473 people. The town is in…
May 13 2021
Water is one of the most essential requirements for human health, environmental sustainability, and economic development. We cannot live without it,…
May 13 2021
The principle of resilience reminds me of Aesop’s fable about the ants and the grasshopper. In the story, the ants diligently worked all summer to…
May 13 2021
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are perhaps the most perplexing pollutants federal and state legislators and regulatory agencies have…
May 13 2021
The U.S. EPA announced over $17 million in grant funding to help provide training and technical assistance to small drinking water and wastewater…
May 12 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency to the state. The declaration also seeks more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending, …
Apr 30 2021
On Apr. 29, the U.S. Senate passed the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 for wastewater, storm water, drinking water, and…
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The Water & Wastes Digest staff invites industry professionals to nominate the water and wastewater projects they deem most remarkable and innovative for recognition in the Annual Reference Guide issue. All projects must have been in the design or construction phase over the last 18 months.
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