Newsletter | August 19, 2025

08.19.25 -- Expired Iron Supplements Could Treat Contaminated Water; 5 Questions Before Choosing A Wastewater Treatment Technology

IN THIS ISSUE:

A Non-Intrusive Solution For Measuring Wastewater Flow In A WWTP's Iron Pipes

Forget 25-Year Master Plans: It's Time To Rethink Capital Planning For Pump And Lift Stations

How To Optimize Conveyance Systems For Debris Management

Is It Time To Reassess Your Industrial Membrane Filtration Infrastructure?

Grit Removal Essentials

Bearing And Frictional Resistance

Time-Based Treatment Is A Game Changer For Activated Sludge, Granular Sludge

Water Supply Authority Uses Powdered Activated Carbon To Ensure High Quality Drinking Water

Why Predictive Analytics Is The Future Of Water Main Risk Management

Iron Nanoparticles Can Help Treat Contaminated Water

No Shutdowns, No Setbacks: The Smart Valve Strategy Behind Englewood's Water Upgrade

Before You Choose A Wastewater Treatment Technology, Ask These 5 Questions

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The Fall 2025 Virtual Water Expo is a free, online event designed for water utility professionals, contractors, and consultants focused on advancing smarter, more resilient infrastructure. Held across three dates — August 20, September 3, and September 17 — each session features concise, 15-minute technology showcases tailored to critical industry challenges, from flow control and measurement to digital optimization and wastewater treatment. Attendees only need to register once for full access to all sessions and an archive library of past expos.

FEATURED ARTICLES

Forget 25-Year Master Plans: It's Time To Rethink Capital Planning For Pump And Lift Stations

In Part 2 of the Get Pumped Up series, explore the hidden flaw in traditional infrastructure planning: it’s too slow for today’s dynamic conditions.

Is It Time To Reassess Your Industrial Membrane Filtration Infrastructure?

With infrastructure being such a hot topic these days, it is only fitting that industrial water treatment professionals take a second look at their own infrastructure. Here are some areas where new pressures from the impacts of climate change, population growth, or government regulations can benefit from improved filtration membrane technology approaches.

A Non-Intrusive Solution For Measuring Wastewater Flow In A WWTP's Iron Pipes

A municipal association needed to understand if wastewater was being equally distributed across two cast iron pipes within its wastewater treatment plant. Learn how clamp-on ultrasonic measurement helped successfully measure the flow.  

How To Optimize Conveyance Systems For Debris Management

There are many different types of conveyance technologies, including sluices, screw conveyors, belt conveyors, and more. The right technology for an application depends on a vast number of factors.

Time-Based Treatment Is A Game Changer For Activated Sludge, Granular Sludge, And Densified Sludge

Time-based batch processing allows WWTPs to gain the benefits of new suspended growth technologies in a much smaller footprint.

Bearing And Frictional Resistance: The Building Blocks Of A Restrained System

This bulletin delves into a more detailed discussion of the bearing and frictional resistance forces at work to balance thrust forces generated in pressurized pipelines.

Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority Uses Powdered Activated Carbon To Ensure High Quality Drinking Water

Founded in 1982, Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority supplies drinking water to a region of approximately one million people living south of Tampa Bay in DeSoto, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee Counties. Its surface water treatment plant draws water from the Peace River to a reservoir and treats it to drinking water standards at the rate of about 31 million gallons a day.

Grit Removal Essentials

More companies offer mechanized grit removal systems and services than ever before, underscoring the increasing grit removal focus in the industry. The rising application of membrane bioreactors (MBRs), specialized pumping equipment, and fine bubble diffusers in wastewater treatment plant infrastructure require protective equipment up front to maximize service life and operation.

Why Predictive Analytics Is The Future Of Water Main Risk Management

Explore why predictive analytics is the new standard for water main risk management.

No Shutdowns, No Setbacks: The Smart Valve Strategy Behind Englewood's Water Upgrade

Discover how Englewood, Colorado's Lead Reduction Program utilized Hydra-Stop's Insta-Valve technology to replace 3,000 lead service lines without service disruption, overcoming aging infrastructure challenges and ensuring consistent water supply.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Iron Nanoparticles Can Help Treat Contaminated Water — Scientists Have Created Them Out Of Expired Supplements

Researchers have developed an eco-friendly method to synthesize iron oxide nanoparticles from expired over-the-counter iron supplements. This approach not only gives value to discarded products but also supports a more sustainable and circular method of production.

Nanobubbles Boost Membrane Performance Without Added Chemicals Or Heat

New 'Forever Chemicals' Found In Whale Blubber Challenge Our Understanding Of PFAS

New EPA Data Shows 7M More People Exposed To 'Forever Chemicals' In U.S. Drinking Water

Groundwater Week 2025 Brings The Industry's Largest Event To The Big Easy

TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

Grinder Pumps (GRP Series)

While most grinder pumps effectively compress the solids as they pass through the pump, permitting compressed stringy solids to reside in the pump when the unit is turned off, the HOMA grinder takes a different approach. 

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HYMAX GRIP Cathodic Coupling Restraint (1.5" - 12") Brochure

HYMAX GRIP  joins and restrains a wide selection of pipes of different types and diameters, easily and reliably. Due to its patented design, it allows the joining of pipes of the same or different materials and diameters and preventing axial pipe movement.

Flygt Horizontal Dry Pit Brochure

Since dry land has not traditionally been our element, we asked hundreds of users of dry installed pumps what they like.

Vertical Fine Screen ROTAMAT RoK 4

Pumps in lift stations require a lot of maintenance. Pumps with a large clear passage are used to prevent frequent clogging.

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Before You Choose A Wastewater Treatment Technology, Ask These 5 Questions

When it comes to choosing a wastewater treatment strategy for a specific water issue, facility managers often start by asking themselves what the best technology is for addressing their contaminant. However, there are far more important questions that need to be answered first.

Managing Localized Flooding And Combined Sewer Overflows

The public tends to forget about underground infrastructure until systems are stressed or capacity is exceeded and it doesn’t perform as intended. In combined sewer systems, sometimes this results in localized flooding, which can pose hazards to human health, water quality, and the environment, and create financial burdens for utilities.

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Channel Monster Flex - JWC Environmental

Cloth Media Filtration Featuring OptiFiber Pile Cloth Media - Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.

UVAS Plus sc UV Sensor - Hach

3742 Cast Iron & Bronze Pumps - Xylem Drinking Water Solutions

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