Wastewater Case Studies and Whitepapers
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DELUMPER® LP Crusher Improves Cocoa Butter Processing
11/29/2020
Chef Rubber, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a manufacturer and distributor of specialty supplies for chefs and well-known confectioners. The products include silicones, molds, colorants and colored cocoa butter. These unique tools are widely used by artisan chefs to create edible works of art for special events, competitions and other artistic applications.
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EPA Tool Simplifies Stormwater Decision-Making
5/18/2021
Communities are facing decisions on how best to upgrade aging stormwater infrastructure and build new infrastructure to lessen the impacts of stormwater runoff. As communities make these decisions, they need tools to assess their options in order to determine the most cost-effective approach.
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AFC SEMPER® Remote Pressure Monitors Provide Real-Time Insight To Miami Beach Water
5/11/2022
Over the past year, the Water Division of the city of Miami Beach, Florida, has seen its use of AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitors (RPM) grow.
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Lagoon-Based Extended Aeration System Meets Effluent Requirement For Year-Round Ammonia Reduction
3/3/2011
Stoddard County’s sewer district required a new wastewater treatment facility to service residential growth in the community. By Environmental Dynamics, Inc.
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Use Of Pure Oxygen To Resolve Capacity And Odor Problems
7/27/2017
The Escalon Industrial Waste Water Treatment Facility’s service area is seasonal and centered on tomato and pickle processing. The production season (roughly mid-July through mid-October) sees high hydraulic- and BOD loads that strain the facility’s capacity. During the high season highly variable BOD load depletes DO and causes permit violations and odor complaints. Praxair installed 4 X 15 HP Medium Velocity Oxygenation (MVO™ oxygenation system), with the ability to deliver up to 6 TPD of oxygen to supplement the existing aeration capacity at the facility.
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How Food And Beverage Companies Can Get Ahead Of The Water Scarcity Curve
1/23/2020
High-quality water is critical to food and beverage production — both as an ingredient and a process enabler — so the sourcing challenges faced by municipal water systems pose an ongoing threat to the health of the industry. Fortunately, there are a variety of technology options now available to improve water security.
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Brewery Reuses Water For Factory Wash-Down
11/11/2013
Looking to reduce its water footprint, Shepherd Neame Brewery invested in a complete membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater recovery and re-use plant. Learn how the new plant's aeration system has helped to reduce the brewery's water-to-beer ratio to an industry-leading value of 3:1.
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Vital Fire Suppression Line Remains Live While AVT EZ Valve Is Installed
1/10/2022
A major Texas-based refinery provides significant feedstock flexibility and product diversity to the area’s operations. The plant dates to the early 1900s and following upgrades now produces more than 125,000 barrels per day. A vital element of any refinery is its ability to be constantly ready to respond to a fire, so when the refinery found an inoperable valve on its 12” carbon steel fire suppression line and was in need of a way to add a valve to their system without shutting down the line, their maintenance and repairs contractor, ISS, suggested installing an AVT EZ Valve.
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Converting qPCR Results To Resemble Culture Method Results
4/16/2020
Since many operators like to have results reported in a format that is familiar to them, it is possible to convert the gene copies/mL obtained from a qPCR reaction into an approximate cells/mL which is a calculation based on the average amount of gene copies per organism determined from literature investigations.
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DM Petroleum Operations Relies On FPI Mag Flow Meter For Tough U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Application
10/15/2014
New tests recently performed by DM Petroleum Operations Company with the FPI Mag® Flow Meter from McCrometer continue to confirm the flow meter’s accurate performance and reliability on two rugged Texas brine disposal lines supporting the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).