• Construction Considerations For Pressure And Gravity Sewers

  Pressure sewers (effluent or grinder) and gravity sewers differ dramatically in their construction impact on the communities where they are installed. The construction impact of any sewer system installation falls under two main categories: on-lot and right-of-way (ROW).

• After Pipe Rupture, Small California Town Fights Over Repairs

  After a major pipe ruptured following drought-breaking storms, the water supply is at risk in the tiny California community of Davenport. As residents worry that their taps will run dry, a major fight has erupted about who should pay to fix the pipe.

• Denver Water’s Plans To Recycle 5.6 Billion Gallons Per Year Meet Resistance

  Denver Water wants expand its recycled water program, but health regulators are not sure the proposal is safe.

• Eco-Friendly Odor Management Strategies Help Wastewater Treatment Facilities Be Good Neighbors

  A common challenge for wastewater treatment facilities is the ability to be fully productive, while also combating odor concerns and issues.  But as with many facilities across the U.S., regional housing and commercial development have increased, causing many plants to operate more harmoniously with neighboring businesses.

• Orenco Effluent Sewers

  Orenco Effluent Sewers are an affordable, environmentally sound, and easy-to-maintain alternative to conventional gravity sewers. Ideal for municipal sewer expansions, new development, septic tank abatement projects, and commercial or residential clusters. Watch the full video to learn more.

• How The AdvanTex Treatment System Works

  This video explains the differences between standard residential septic systems and advanced treatment systems. It describes how Orenco's AdvanTex textile treatment systems work and how well they treat household wastewater. It also recommends questions that property owners should ask when researching their wastewater treatment options, including performance, noise, smell, and maintenance costs.

• Orenco Awards And Recognitions

  This video highlights awards and recognitions for system installations by Orenco Systems.

• North Carolina Regulators Fight GenX Contamination

  North Carolina regulators lowered the standard for GenX in drinking water this month as the state grapples with contamination in the Cape Fear River.

• County’s ‘Gutsy’ Move: Taking On Los Angeles Water

  Los Angeles officials acquired water rights in the 1900s using questionable tactics, historians say. Now, the previous owners of the rights want their water back.

• Fats, Oils & Grease Are No Longer A Struggle at Napa Sanitation District

  The Huber Technology Strainpress has helped Napa Sanitation District maximize its investment in the FOG receiving and injection system by improving operations, ensuring the protection of downstream components and enhancing the production of a valuable, revenue generating asset.

• Looking Beyond Voice Modems in SCADA Systems

  When I first came to Trihedral, I was surprised to learn that voice modems were still widely used in the HMI and SCADA industries. Though the days of wedging your phone receiver into a foam cradle are long gone, the name still conjures up the sounds of chirps, bleeps, and bongs they make as they translate analog information into digital. As high-speed networks became our preferred method of web surfing, the use of this technology has steeply declined. 

• Fort Worth Turns A Liability Into An Asset

  Fort Worth Village Creek has gone far beyond managing its scum. The plant has implemented an efficient way to continuously skim the scum out of the channel flow and effectively process it through anaerobic co-digestion so that its resulting methane gas is useable. In short, the liability was turned into an asset.

• Pulp-And-Paper Takes On Florida Wastewater Regulations

  The pulp-and-paper industry is taking on Florida’s water quality regulations, and the courts recently cleared the way for the challenge.

• Agricultural Wastewater Reuse Necessitates Treatment Investment

  With increased wastewater reuse occurring on farms, effective wastewater treatment is paramount, researchers say.

• Harmful Algal Blooms – What’s In Your Drinking Water Intake?

  In August 2014, the city of Toledo, Ohio informed its residents (~500,000 people) that they should not use tap water for any purposes including bathing and cooking. The culprit: microcystin, a toxin produced by blue-green algae, had been detected in the city’s finished drinking water at concentrations 2.5 times the World Health Organization’s guideline value.

• Some Towns ‘Regret’ Selling Water Utility

  Towns that sell their public water systems have been known to catch a case of seller’s remorse.

• After Bill Shock, Water Utility Defends Meter Upgrade

  Can a water meter upgrade mean higher bills for customers?

• Combined-Cycle Water Treatment System

  The client was in need of both a raw water and wastewater treatment system for its new 1,100-megawatt (MW) natural gasfired combined cycle power station that was being built to replace an existing 400-MW coal-fired plant that had been decommissioned previously. Veolia Water Technologies was contacted to engineer, procure and supply a 6,000 gallons per minute (GPM) raw water treatment system and a 1,200-GPM wastewater treatment system.

• Power Plant Water: Wanted Dead And Alive

  Water is the lifeblood of electrical power plants, whether they are water-cooled steam plants or turbine-spinning hydroelectric installations. Regardless of how the facility generates electricity, there is a growing awareness that each power plant is part of its own, unique industrial watershed—drawing water from the environment, altering its contents and temperature, releasing some to the atmosphere as steam, and returning the rest to receiving waters.

• Protecting Pressure Sewer Investments With Longer Pump Warranties

  More long-term data is available than ever before to help wastewater designers and engineers make accurate estimates of up-front costs and life-cycle costs associated with pressure sewer systems. In addition, incorporating extended equipment warranties into project evaluations, specifications, and contract documents is a pivotal tool to help decision makers reveal the true, long-term equipment costs of various sewer system technologies.

• How To Fine-Tune Corrosion Prevention In Your Collection System

  Many utility managers have experienced infrastructure failures caused by corrosion in the collection system — corrosion that leads to sewer collapses, weakened wet wells, and control system failures. These issues are often not addressed until complaints about overflows or odors are received from regulators or customers.

• RWL Water & Emefcy Announce Merger To Form Fluence Corporation, Ltd.

  Founded in 2017, under the consolidation of global water industry leaders Emefcy and RWL Water, Fluence was established with a vision to become the key global provider in decentralized water and wastewater solutions.

• Hydrovacing Helps Flint Track Lead Pipes

  Some cities are touting a method for finding lead pipes, which can contaminate drinking water, that they say is faster and cheaper than traditional processes.

• Florida Nuclear Expansion Approved Despite Water Concerns

  Federal regulators signed off on a plan for a nuclear proposal in Florida to pump wastewater underground despite concerns the facility could contaminate drinking water.

• An Affordable Wastewater Collection Solution For Municipalities And Communities

  Along the Indian River Lagoon adjacent to Vero Beach, Florida, both residents and government offi cials were becoming increasingly concerned about excessive nutrient loads and pollution.

• Custom Control Panel Handles Wastewater System At Silverhorn Development

  Just thirty minutes northwest of downtown Calgary, Silverhorn is an exclusive community that provides a country setting with a luxury lifestyle. It boasts large lots and offers clients a choice of five master homebuilders to design their custom home. Amenities include over four miles of walking trails and high-speed fiber optic internet availability.

• Travel Stop’s New Fiberglass Utility Buildings Come Loaded With Features

  In June, 2016, a new Love’s Travel Stop opened in Boardman, Oregon, offering professional truck drivers and other travelers 24-hour access to clean, safe places to buy gas, diesel fuel, travel items, meals, and snacks. An essential part of this particular Travel Stop is the private well that provides water for all of the 11,000-square-ft facility’s needs, including food preparation, showers, bathrooms, outside irrigation, and fire hydrants.

• How To Purify Water And Save Costs With Inside-Out Filtration

  Water professionals are tasked with protecting the public health every minute of every day. They must ensure the removal of contaminants and pathogens from the public water supply. To do so, they employ a variety of treatment methods.

• Your Key To Project Success? Think Human

  As Water Online Chief Editor Kevin Westerling wrote recently, the results of an annual State of the Water Industry (SOTWI) study by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) reflect  lower confidence in the industry than in recent years.  When asked to rate the current health of their industry on a scale of 1 to 7, the average rating from AWWA members came in at an all-time low of 4.3 — compared to scores ranging between 4.5 and 4.9 in previous surveys.

• CloudSCADA Helps Prevent Spills In The Bakken

  The environmental and financial impacts of a saltwater spill can be significant.  Unfortunately, the Bakken region of western North Dakota and eastern Montana has seen its share of spills.  One particular produced water gathering system is leading the way with advanced technology that focuses on leak prevention and detection, as well as streamlining operation costs and efficiencies. 

• DC Water Invests In A New Asset: Bees

  North America’s largest wastewater treatment plant is covered in bees.

• Indiana Wastewater Worker Found Dead In Tank

  A worker from an eastern Indiana city was found dead in a wastewater treatment plant tank last week.

• The Ultimate DAF System Design Buyer’s Guide: Part 4

  At face value DAF systems are pretty much like any other piece of industrial equipment – they’re an investment that you only want to make once. And in the same vane, some DAF System designs are simply better than others. With this guide, hopefully you’ve learned which DAF System design elements separate one DAF unit from another.

• What’s The Best Way To Measure Water And Wastewater Flow?

  Throughout my time in the industry, the one question that always gets brought up is, “With all of the options and technologies available, what is the best way to measure water and wastewater flow?”

• Alternative Treatment For Groundwater Wells

  AdEdge Water Technologies specializes in inorganic contaminant removal, relying on a variety of treatment technologies such as adsorption, coagulation, oxidation, filtration, RO and ion exchange. Rich Cavagnaro, CEO of AdEdge Water Technologies and Ronit Erlitzki, Director of Business and Product Development for the Company, recently joined Water Talk to discuss a biological treatment technology for groundwater wells.

• Water Utility Sale Under Protest In Indiana

  A proposal to sell the water utility in Charlestown, IN, is coming under intense criticism.

• New Mexico Utility’s Innovative Funding Project For Water Quality

  A public water utility in New Mexico is trying an innovative approach to preserving water quality, donating money to protect the environment upstream.

• The Complexity Of Today’s Water Challenges Spurs Innovation And Stewardship

  Providing water and wastewater services to the world has never been more complex. Whether it be the evolution of resource recovery to reuse wastewater for indirect or direct potable purposes, or the financing packages being put together to support communities’ infrastructure needs, water and wastewater operations become more and more complicated.

• The Ultimate DAF System Design Buyer’s Guide: Part 3

  Make sure you’ve read the Ultimate DAF System Design Buyer’s Guide Parts 1 & 2 before starting here.

• Water Quality Comes Under The Consumer Microscope

  Water quality is getting a lot more scrutiny these days. And that’s a good thing says Russ Swerdfeger, Global Director of Memcor Product Management with Evoqua. Alongside his colleague Daryl Weatherup, Director of Marketing with Evoqua, Swerdfeger recently discussed the future of drinking water and the key issues and concerns facing the water industry right now with Water Talk.

• Inside The Modern Control Valve

  When it comes to control valves, managing pressure, flow, surge and altitude is all part of the day-to-day. Water Talk sat down with Ryan Spooner, Instrumentation and Automation Engineering Manager with Singer Valve, to understand more about the latest in control valve automation and management.

• Scammers Try To Cash In On GenX Contamination Fears

  Scammers in North Carolina appear to be taking advantage of concerns over the drinking water contaminant GenX by attempting to sell products they claim will safeguard household taps.

LATEST HEADLINES

• Evoqua Announces Confidential Submission Of Draft Registration Statement For Proposed Initial Public Offering

  EWT Holdings I Corp., or Evoqua, recently announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

• U.S. EPA Approves Limits On Mercury In California Waters

  Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the approval of new water quality criteria for mercury in California waters.

• GE Launches New Water Treatment Solution For The Beverage Industry

  GE recently introduced BEVPAK, a new ultrafiltration (UF) and reverse osmosis (RO) solution for water treatment in the production of beverages.

• Biwater Commence Works On A New Project In Southern Morocco

  Biwater continue to deliver turnkey wastewater treatment solutions serving populous and important economic zones across North Africa. Most recently, Biwater were awarded a contract to deliver vital wastewater infrastructure for the city of Laayoune.

• OriginClear Enters India To Help Remove Difficult Contaminants

  OriginClear Inc. (OTC/QB: OCLN), a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that the company has entered into a license agreement with Permionics Global Technologies LLP, the emerging technologies division of Permionics Membranes Pvt Ltd, a leading Indian filtration and membrane solutions provider for process, waste water recycling and water treatment.

• Select Energy Services Enters Into Definitive Agreement With Rockwater Energy Solutions In Stock-For-Stock Merger Transaction

  Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) ("Select"), a leading provider of total water solutions to the U.S. unconventional oil and gas industry, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with privately-held Rockwater Energy Solutions, Inc. ("Rockwater") in a stock-for-stock transaction.

• Hydro Engineering Inc. Just Installed A Touchless Portable Above-Ground Truck Wash That Safely Contains And Reuses Wash Water

  Working in remote locations is challenging. When vehicles and equipment need to be maintained, first they must be washed. Thoughts of cost, logistics, and implementation to provide a full service maintenance facility can be daunting

• Emerson Awarded 15-Year, $20M Contract To Modernize Controls At San Francisco’s Largest Wastewater Plant
• Emefcy And RWL Water Merge To Create Fluence, A Full-Service Distributed Water Solutions Corporation
• Five Water Leaders Appointed To WateReuse Board Of Directors
• Acrison's Enhanced Model 500 Dry Polymer Preparation System Provides Increased Functionality And Advanced Operator Interface
• EPA Cleanup Proposal For Superfund Site In Utuado, Puerto Rico Aims To Remove Harmful Chemicals From The Ground