Wastewater Case Studies and Whitepapers

  1. All You Need To Know About qPCR 2/14/2020

    As quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) becomes more accepted and available to a range of industries looking to quantify their (specific) microbial populations, the ability to provide quick and easy-to-interpret results will be key. The initial development of qPCR assays has been focused on potential human pathogens for use by the medical sector. Now, many manufacturers including LuminUltra, offer assays for use in non-medical, industrial markets to test for known harmful organisms in water systems.  If left undetected, those same organisms can create costly problems, including product degradation, infrastructure corrosion, and process inhibition.

  2. Converting qPCR Results To Resemble Culture Method Results 4/16/2020

    Since many operators like to have results reported in a format that is familiar to them, it is possible to convert the gene copies/mL obtained from a qPCR reaction into an approximate cells/mL which is a calculation based on the average amount of gene copies per organism determined from literature investigations.

  3. Lincoln Winwater Safeguards City Water Supply 1/10/2022

    The City of Papillion in Nebraska is home to around 20,000 residents who receive their water from two large water towers. These towers are fed by a pump station with the original pipeline infrastructure dictating that both towers needed to be filled simultaneously.

  4. Water Into Wine 7/20/2020

    As a young engineer on a farm in California's Central Valley grappling with the challenge of injecting fertilizer into irrigation water, Angelo Mazzei didn't consider how his career would ultimately turn his knowledge of water into a deep involvement in wine. But since he crafted first high-efficiency venturi injectors in the 1970s in his garage to help improve water, fate and business have pulled Angelo Mazzei toward wine from every direction.

  5. Energy-Efficiency Showdown: A Comparison Of Aeration Technologies 11/18/2013

    On paper and in practice, aeration options and their corresponding efficiencies are calculated and compared.

  6. DIMMINUTOR® Saves Monterey County Time, Money, And Manpower 11/28/2020

    The pump stations at Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA) were having a problem with their channel grinders. The twin-shaft, drum-style channel grinders were used in the ten pump stations in the region that feed into the main Monterey Regional plant.

  7. State-Of-The-Art Treatment Equipment Greatly Reduces Plant's Energy Consumption 3/25/2015

    Driven by compliance with more stringent water treatment standards, the Fond du Lac Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) leveraged the upgrade opportunity to improve beyond limiting ammonia effluent levels. The plant improved energy fficiency, reduced maintenance and operating costs, and eliminated bypasses into Lake Winnebago during high rainfall.

  8. Retrofit Significantly Reduces Backwash Cycle Interval, Duration And Water Use For Georgia Utility 5/1/2017

    A Leopold filter system helped save the North Columbus Resource Facility approximately 1,000,000 gallons of water per day that was previously used for backwash purposes.

  9. 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.

  10. Solving Pump Clogs Without Spawning A Million New Problems 8/7/2020

    With all the potential debris running through wastewater collection systems — including higher concentrations of “flushable” wipes than ever — the debate over chopping them to bits, or not, has become a fundamental question for wastewater utilities. Now, new perspectives and new mechanisms are giving wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operators new opportunities for cutting the wipes problem down to size.