Nutrient Removal Resources
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Efficacy Of Electrocoagulation Technology On Selenium-Contaminated Mine Effluent
9/25/2017
This paper helps to understand the efficacy of BakerCorp Electrocoagulation (EC) technology and treatment process in treating selenium-contaminated mine effluent. Two mine effluent samples were treated by Baker EC. Selenium constituent concentrations in both water samples were reduced significantly to below reporting qualification limits. Based on the results of the effluent samples, electrocoagulation is an effective treatment option for waste streams found to contain selenium.
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Is Your Water System Ready For Population Growth?
8/11/2017
Utilities are faced with myriad threats looming in the future, but chief among them is increased stress from population growth. In Denver, comprehensive planning for that future is underway.
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It’s Time For Industrial Treatment To Find A Phosphorus Alternative
8/7/2017
Amid growing concerns around algal bloom, industrial operations are under pressure to stop using phosphorus-based water treatment technology. But transition to an alternative can be daunting.
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A Wastewater Solution With Low Capital Costs
7/17/2017
Along the Indian River Lagoon adjacent to Vero Beach, Florida, both residents and government officials were becoming increasingly concerned about excessive nutrient loads and pollution.
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Applying Research Locally For Nutrient Removal, Resource Recovery, And More
6/21/2017
The Water Environment & Reuse Foundation recently offered two workshops at the Florida Water Resources Conference 2017 showing the applicability of its research findings in Florida.
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Bowling Green Municipal Utilities (BGMU) Uses One Of The Country’s Largest SBR Systems To Meet Current And Future Permit Limits And Environmental Goals
5/5/2017
Bowling Green Municipal Utilities (BGMU) provides commercial water and wastewater treatment and electrical power services to a population of more than 60,000 in the community of Bowling Green, KY. In 2010, the BGMU wastewater treatment plant was approaching the end of its useful life, just as the utility’s operating permit was up for renewal.
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Enhanced Nutrient Removal That Saves Resources And Real Estate
5/3/2017
True to its name, the State-of-the-Art Nitrogen Upgrade Program leverages the latest technology and innovation to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and the environment around our nation’s capital.
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Fixing The EPA's Clean Water Problem
5/3/2017
A chasm in the Clean Water Act, coupled with EPA’s misguided direction, create an environmental suing spree that threatens to cost everyone that pays a sewer bill $100 billion and more — for pollution you didn’t cause, using remedies that don’t work. There’s a way to turn this around and help the taxpayer and the environment, based on lessons learned in Iowa and Idaho.
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What Now? EPA Priorities In The Trump Era
4/25/2017
The U.S. EPA has a job to do despite having its financial and human resources trimmed by the new presidential administration. Three U.S. EPA Office of Water directors, presenting at the 2017 Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) Washington Forum, laid out action plans for addressing the nation's most pressing water-quality threats in a manner that can (or must) achieve results efficiently.
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Great Danes: Making Wastewater Treatment Energy Positive
4/17/2017
With pressures around energy use mounting in the wastewater treatment industry, this European plant promises to provide 50 percent more energy than it requires for operation.