Aerzen Articles

  1. A Disaster Waiting To Happen: Report Shows Too Many Overlook Cybersecurity 7/1/2021

    Despite several recent high-profile hacks into municipal water systems, a significant number of utilities have yet to take the first key steps toward securing their networks. That’s according to a recent report — published by the Water Sector Coordinating Council and WaterISAC —  based on a survey conducted this spring which showed that many water and wastewater operations need to make cybersecurity an urgent priority.

  2. How The Future Of Wastewater May Be Energy-Positive 6/2/2021

    Researchers want to revolutionize resource recovery in municipal wastewater by providing a turbo boost to artificial intelligence.

  3. Why Intelligent Airflow-Based Dissolved Oxygen Controls Are Going Mainstream 5/14/2021

    Water Online spoke with Greg Duffy of Aerzen about the way these intelligent systems address conventional aeration challenges and how Aerzen’s AERprocess solution is gaining steam in the market.

  4. Multicore Turbo Blower Demonstration Project A Success In Kansas 5/5/2021

    The City of Wichita wastewater utility was recently grappling with a difficult issue -- new nutrient limit targets. Kansas asked the city to optimize its operations to achieve those levels.

  5. Self-Tuning System Provides Big Leap In DO Control 5/4/2021

    The City of Cumberland (MD) wastewater treatment plant could see wild swings in its dissolved oxygen (DO) levels until it replaced its air control system with Aerzen AERprocess, an intelligent airflow control system. Now, the city enjoys vastly improved DO control in individual zones and across the entire process, as well as significant savings on its energy bills.

  6. Why Microplastics Are A Growing Threat To Wastewater Treatment Systems 4/15/2021

    Wastewater treatment plants may be on the way to becoming breeding grounds for some nasty stuff because of the abundance of microplastics, according to a new study.

  7. Wastewater Highlights Growth In New Synthetic Drugs 3/15/2021

    The use of new psychoactive substances — a range of drugs designed to mimic illicit drugs, such as cannabis, cocaine, and LSD — has become widespread in industrialized nations, according to a new report analyzing wastewater at 14 sites across eight countries.

  8. Growing Importance Of Wetlands Spurs Unconventional Approaches 11/17/2020

    Conservationists are getting creative in their approach to expanding wetlands, an ecosystem of flooded areas lined with plants that contribute to water purification and wildlife habitats.

  9. Wastewater Testing Pays Off In The COVID-19 Battle 9/3/2020

    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.

  10. Surplus Beer's Silver Lining: Boosting Biogas Production 8/15/2020

    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.