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• Wastewater Testing Pays Off In The COVID-19 Battle

  As the coronavirus began its trek across the country in March, scientists turned their microscopes to human waste to find early warning signs of outbreaks. The idea was that COVID-19 in wastewater would point to outbreak clusters quicker than individual testing data.

• Surplus Beer’s Silver Lining: Boosting Biogas Production

  While COVID is wreaking havoc on the beer industry across the world, some water utilities are making the best of things by turning the excess suds into supercharged biogas producers.

• Getting Serious About Stormwater

  Climate change promises to dump more rain across the U.S. in the coming years, leaving municipalities scrambling to address the issue. If left unchecked, the increase in stormwater runoff will cause more flooding and sewer system overflows, which wastewater utilities are increasingly under pressure by regulatory agencies to mitigate.

• Researchers On Verge Of Solving Some Pesky Water Problems

  The world faces a lingering, widespread health crisis as the flow of antibiotics into the environment gives rise to “superbug” diseases that don’t respond to medications. While scientists across the globe are busy studying the issue, South Korean researchers claim to have found a cost-effective method for removing antibiotics from water that also addresses plastic waste.

• Leveraging Rentals For Pneumatic Conveying Applications

  Pneumatic conveying applications are critical to many facilities – when you can’t move material you can’t make or sell your product. Because of a historical lack of availability of specialized rental blowers and compressors for pneumatic conveying, plants often ether accepted the production outage or rented a more readily available 2 stage oil-free rotary screw compressor designed for 90-150 PSIG plant air service that is very inefficient at the reduced pressures needed for pneumatic conveying.