02.23.26 -- Energy Costs Surge To 40% Of Water Utility OPEX

Buna-N has been a widely used choice for elastomeric seats used in multiple types of valves including butterfly, rubber-seated ball, and resilient-seated check and gate valves in North America.

In this article, Transcend highlights the importance of U.S. EPA PFAS drinking water standards as well as how they ensure safe and clean water systems. We also provide the opportunity to streamline wastewater design for utilities, engineering consultants, and equipment suppliers.

Water is an essential element of life: it accounts for 70% to 80% of the weight of a human being. The quality of water is an important parameter that affects all aspects of the well-being of ecosystems and mankind, from human health to food production, economic activities, and biodiversity.

The cost of water lost through leaks and breaks (real loss) is estimated at $14 billion per year worldwide. Beyond the cost of replacing water through treating and pumping and re-purchasing, the impact is felt through decreased service levels, rate increases, and missing regulatory targets.

With all the potential debris running through wastewater collection systems — including higher concentrations of “flushable” wipes — the debate over chopping them to bits, or not, has become a fundamental question for wastewater utilities. Now, new perspectives and new mechanisms are giving wastewater treatment plant operators new opportunities for cutting the wipes problem down to size.

Vero Beach (population 15,220 in 2010) is a small but densely populated city adjacent to the Indian River Lagoon on Florida’s east coast. Many of the city’s approximately 1,500 on-site septic tanks and drainfields were failing, and the excess nitrogen, phosphorus, and bacteria were considered primary contributors of pollution to the watershed.

Learn about a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Louisiana that was having problems with its clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter, and how the issue was resolved. 

Stories of real success with packaged pumping and wastewater treatment systems at breweries are explored, including for regulatory compliance and/or water reuse capabilities. Packaged pumping and treatment systems have helped hundreds of brewers meet their permits for local collection and/or direct surface discharge.

Sulzer engineers helped a plant in the Netherlands cut its energy costs with a turnkey project. Now the plant’s owners have worked with Sulzer engineers to upgrade its existing units with three latest-generation machines.

If you want to understand the opportunities and barriers to the water industry’s use of AI, it’s helpful to understand how AI works, how it’s recently changed, and where we are now with the technology (and why that matters).

Amazon and Xylem partner to tackle Mexico’s leaking water systems as the country balances water scarcity and a growing tech sector.

Understanding the basic principles behind different models, users can make the right choices in selecting their tools.