Wastewater Analysis Resources
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Math Solutions: Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids (MLVSS) Calculations
10/4/2016
Wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”) dives deeper into the activated sludge process with calculations focused on MLVSS.
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Ozone Vent Gas For Aeration At Wastewater Plant Expansion In China
6/17/2016
The Jimo, China, municipal wastewater plant was originally designed to treat a combination of municipal and textile wastewater (120,000 m3/d) with Class IB effluent limits for BOD, COD, ESS, TN, NH3-N and TP.
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Carbon Dioxide For pH Control Of Landfill Leachate
6/16/2016
A landfill operator’s leachate treatment plant in Missouri required pH reduction following lime-softening and prior to the biological wastewater treatment process. Carbon dioxide (CO2) was chosen as a substitute for sulfuric acid due to improved process control and a reduced tendency to form scale.
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Protecting Against Doomsday Contaminants
5/16/2016
New tools are being developed for worst-case drinking water scenarios: chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN)-related contamination.
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Is Water 4.0 The Future?
4/21/2016
Water 4.0 is a concept that has recently been raised as the “future” of the water industry …possibly. Apart from being a paraphrase of Industry 4.0, the questions have to be asked: What is it, and what does it have to do with the way the water industry operates in its current state?
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Odor Patrol: Study Identifies Odor Culprits At San Fran Wastewater Facility
3/28/2016
The Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (SEP) is San Francisco’s largest and oldest wastewater facility. The plant is located in the midst of a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential area, with many of the plant neighbors directly across the street from the plant fence line. Odor emissions have historically been an issue.
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Addressing Environmental Regulations With UVC LEDs
3/3/2016
Global environmental concerns over water and air pollution are leading to new regulations that require real-time monitoring.
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Water Data Smackdown: Meet The Top 10 Innovators
1/15/2016
Imagine H2O recently announced the 10 finalists from more than 90 worldwide entrants to its Water Data Challenge. Here’s a brief overview of each company and what they offer.
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The Instrumentation Life-Cycle And Instrumentation Systems Within The UK Water Industry: From Concept To Replacement
1/12/2016
The water industry in the UK faces a turning point in the use of instrumentation with the advent of TOTEX (capital expenditures [CAPEX] + operating expenditures [OPEX]) within the current Asset Management Period, the sixth since it privatized in 1989.
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Indefensible Data: The Thread That Can Quickly Unravel
12/18/2015
Not all data is good data. Businesses know this — or at least should — and it effects how they make decisions about sales, marketing and R&D.