Newsletter | January 17, 2025

01.17.25 -- EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment Of PFAS In Biosolids

IN THIS ISSUE:

Wastewater Treatment

Source & Drinking Water Treatment

Utility Management

Industry News

Distribution & Collection Systems

Technology Showcase

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Upgrading Your Blowers: Low-Cost Wastewater Treatment

The key to lowering your operating costs might be changing a few or more air blowers from your blower installation. Is it time to replace your equipment? Let’s check!

Opportunities And Challenges In Decentralized Wastewater Reuse Applications

Decentralized wastewater management, when coupled with reuse or recycling of treated sanitary sewage, increases treatment options and creates even greater value than when employed alone.

How To Cost-Effectively Remove Oil Contaminants From Industrial Wastewater

Read how advancements in material development have led to microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) membranes that can handle oil-contaminated wastewater without excess fouling.

Why You Should Replace Your Old Mixer With New Submersible Mixers

In this article, discover how submersible mixers with efficient motors can improve biological nutrient removal and save money.

SOURCE & DRINKING WATER TREATMENT

From Carbon Supply To System Optimization Services: Calgon Carbon's Total Solutions Advantage With Field Services

While any company can claim to offer these services, WTPs need a total solutions provider that understands GAC technology as only a manufacturer can.

Chloramination Monitoring And Control

Since the EPA has established that, together with free chlorine, monochloramine is a primary disinfectant, it has been possible to implement the process more intensively. Water that is treated with monochloramine has, depending on the source of the water, fewer problems concerning taste and odor than water treated with free chlorine.

Testing Better Paths To Contaminant Control

As a utility, it is tough enough to be notified that you need to remove a new contaminant of emerging concern (CEC). It’s even harder without having a complete picture of what is involved. 

AOPs And Industry: Guidelines For Effective Contaminant Removal

Using ozone and UV advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) can help industrial facilities achieve compliance, but what's the right process for your application?

UTILITY MANAGEMENT

Multifamily Complexes: The Rise Of Smart Water Management

Residential communities, whether they house dozens or hundreds of families, increasingly view themselves as miniature towns with unique needs and challenges. One area where this perspective is particularly evident is in water network management.

Design Considerations For Packaged MBR Systems

Applying membrane bioreactors (MBR) in lieu of conventional activated sludge systems delivers higher effluent quality while eliminating secondary clarification processes. These systems incorporate flat-sheet or hollow-fiber membranes with pore sizes measured in micrometers or nanometers, which allow for complete retention of solids.

Bringing Data Together To Turn Insight Into Action

What tools are available to help water utilities effectively store, manage, and make sense of the data over time?

How Open Data Is Unlocking Innovation For The Water Industry

The future water utility must embrace open, affordable solutions to unlock the full potential of data. This article will explore examples of open data driving efficiency and innovation.

DISTRIBUTION & COLLECTION SYSTEMS

How To Optimize Flow Measurement For Process Efficiency

Busy municipal water engineers will find that the new Water and Wastewater Treatment Guide from Fluid Components International explains how to optimize flow measurement in 20 different municipal applications.

AFC SEMPER RPM Offers Water Hammer Insight For Monroe, North Carolina

Discover how the implementation of pressure sensing technology has allowed the city of Monroe, North Carolina to gain greater insight into its distribution system and why main breaks were occurring.

Predictive Modeling For Water Main Condition Assessments: M77 Manual Guidance

By waiting for water mains to break before taking action, utilities risk high, unanticipated costs, public disruption, safety concerns, and loss of community trust. So, what does it look like to move from reactive to proactive when it comes to water main management?

Superior Solids Handling AMS Hydraulics Solve Clogging Crisis at Critical Station

Emmons Metro asked HOMA to provide a solution to a critical station at a facility that handles wastewater from produce and associated packaging for a large supermarket chain in the Northeast.

INDUSTRY NEWS

EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment To Advance Scientific Understanding Of PFOA And PFOS In Biosolids

The U.S. EPA released a draft risk assessment, or scientific evaluation of the potential human health risks associated with the presence of toxic PFAS chemicals in biosolids, also known as sewage sludge.

Researchers Find Dialysis 'Astonishingly Effective' For Treating Wastewater

Reclamation Announces Over $284M For Long-Term Conservation Projects In The Lower Basin Of The Colorado River

Engineering 'Bacterial Sex' To Remove Plastic Waste In Water Systems

Brown and Caldwell Receives $650,000 From The Water Research Foundation For Projects Supporting Climate Resilience And Sustainability

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

OM360 - Customized Online Operations & Maintenance Training

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360water

Vacuum Assisted Pump, 6 in., Sound Attenuated, Diesel Powered

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United Rentals

KLa Systems Slot Injector Aeration System

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KLa Systems

Water Specialties Propeller Meters

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McCrometer, Inc.

Pump Controller Type ABS PC 441

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Sulzer Pumps Solutions Inc.

Sensus Analytics For Smart Water

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Sensus, a Xylem brand

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