Daniel Theobald Articles
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Math Solutions: Energy Dollar Savings Calculations
1/6/2017
Energy efficiency, as defined in wastewater treatment, is using less energy to provide the same service. It can be expressed as energy dollar savings by replacing older, inefficient motors.
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Math Solutions: Hydraulic Loading Calculations
11/30/2016
This tool for operators, represented through video tutorials, offers mathematical templates to master the hydraulic loading gallons per day per square foot by evaluating the incoming flow and surface area.
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Math Solutions: Alkalinity Calculations
11/2/2016
We know the importance of pH to biological wastewater treatment, but alkalinity should be considered equally important for its direct correlation to pH.
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Math Solutions: Mixed Liquor Volatile Suspended Solids (MLVSS) Calculations
10/4/2016
Wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”) dives deeper into the activated sludge process with calculations focused on MLVSS.
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Math Solutions: Sludge Age Process Control Calculations
9/7/2016
“Wastewater Dan” helps operators solve for sludge age and optimize the activated sludge process using sample problems and easy-to-use math templates to inform real-world calculations.
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Math Solutions: Activated Sludge Process Control Calculations
8/5/2016
Some wastewater calculations rely on multiple math steps to arrive at the conclusion, complicating an already challenging aspect of the operator’s role. Wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald helps operators overcome the intimidation of solving activated sludge process control by offering a step-by-step tutorial.
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Math Solutions: Pumping Calculations
7/7/2016
Like Hans and Franz from the classic Saturday Night Live skit, we’re ready to “Pump you up!” with training and exercises to conquer operator certification exams. Your trainer, wastewater consultant Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”), presents his latest round of Math Solutions.
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Math Solutions: Combining Concentrations
5/27/2016
“Wastewater Dan” instructs operators on how to perform calculations for combining concentrations.
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Math Solutions: Efficiency And Recovery Calculations
5/4/2016
“Wastewater Dan” helps wastewater operators understand efficiency and recovery with more easy-to-apply mathematical templates.
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Math Solutions: More Volume Calculations
3/8/2016
Water Online contributor Dan Theobald provides a second round of “Math Solutions” devoted to volume calculations (see the initial installment here). Based on 24-plus years of experience in training and consultation, tutorials from “Wastewater Dan” are designed to help the operator both in the field and while sitting for certification exams.