Wastewater Case Studies and Whitepapers

1. Groundwater Replenishment System - Orange County, California 6/15/2009

   The full-scale advanced treatment system takes filtered secondary effluent from the neighboring OCSD treatment plant and converts it to water that exceeds all drinking water quality standards.

2. Tips For Choosing A Jobsite Dewatering System 1/21/2021

   Dewatering systems for construction sites aren’t one size fits all. Choosing the most appropriate dewatering system for the job will yield the best results in the least amount of time.

3. Sulzer Pumps Reduce Downtime At Water Utility 6/26/2015

   Winslow Township — the largest town in Camden County, NJ — sought relief from its clog-prone, unreliable pumps.

4. Thrust Resistant Design Of Dead Ends, Valves, Reducers, And Encroaching Restrained Lengths 11/4/2020

   This bulletin describes the restrained length calculations for dead ends, valves, reducers, and sleeves with a discussion of several situations where economics and other factors may favor an alternate restraint method. 

5. New Data Management Capabilities Help Labs Run Smoothly 8/25/2020

   Laboratory performance is critical for evaluating water treatment operations — from operational and disinfection efficiency to regulatory compliance reporting to human health and safety. Errors, oversights, or incomplete documentation can plague even the most finely tuned water treatment utilities. Here is a quick review of tools and techniques that can improve workflow accountability.

6. ECI Solves MRO's Chromium Contamination Problem With 900 Series Monitor/Controllers 2/16/2023

   Cr(VI) is a regulated contaminant in drinking water because it can cause gastrointestinal, liver, and developmental toxicity in humans when ingested. A facility was unable to discharge to their POTW because the CR(VI) concentration in their wastewater stream was over the regulated discharge limit. 

7. Dual Auger System Eliminates Clogged Pumps Caused By Flushable Wipes 7/6/2021

   The Drake Pump Station, located in Saginaw, Michigan experienced chronic pump maintenance due to flushable wipes. Although the dry pit pump station represented only 0.1 million gallons per day (mgd) of flow in the city’s collection network, it required a substantial amount of servicing – up to three times a week. This consisted of two operators spending four hours manually removing rags in a confined space entry to clean out the clogged pump. It was a dirty, unplanned, and time-consuming task.

8. Chromium Treatment 1/12/2016

   A U.S. light aircraft manufacturing company uses an alkaline cleaner followed by an alkaline de-smutter, rinse, acid de-smutter (possibly using potassium permanganate), rinse, alodine, and a final rinse. The three 1,700 gal rinses are dumped approximately once each week, or more often, based on the pH.

9. Water Reclamation Facility Streamlines Equipment For Improved Function 9/18/2024

   A water reclamation facility in Carol Stream, Illinois, optimized its equipment layout using Blue-White’s FLEXFLO® M2 metering pumps and CHEM-FEED® wall mount systems, improving functionality, reducing piping complexity, and saving space for a more efficient operation.

10. An Environmental Impact Study On The Manufacture, Production, And Transport Of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems 4/13/2015

    A comparison of conventional and recycled thermoplastic systems