Wastewater Case Studies and Whitepapers

  1. Unlocking Value: How Jet Aeration Systems Drive Economic Benefits For Industries 5/6/2024

    The versatility and efficiency of jet aeration systems make them valuable assets in the quest for cost-effective wastewater treatment solutions, underscoring their universal appeal.

  2. Savings Helps MABRs Gain Traction In Municipalities 5/9/2018

    An MABR is essentially a biological wastewater treatment process that utilizes seemingly passive aeration through oxygen-permeable membranes. Oxygen transfer through the MABR membranes is diffusion based: driven by concentration differences such that oxygen passes from air at atmospheric pressure into water at a higher hydrostatic pressure. This oxygen transfer mechanism, wherein air is supplied to the process at very low pressure, is the reason MABRs have significantly lower energy consumption compared to other wastewater treatment processes, such as conventional activated sludge (CAS), that utilize diffusers. This energy savings is one of the key reasons MABRs are gaining traction in the municipal wastewater industry.

  3. Troubleshooting A Sewer Bypass Startup 2/12/2021

    When startup fails, check these four common culprits before you check anything else.

  4. Advantages Of Using Ozone And Biologically Active Filtration For Potable Reuse 7/12/2024

    Understanding how ozonation and biologically active filtration (O3-BAF) systems work and their benefits in reuse can help water authorities meet cost, treatment, and sustainability goals.

  5. Choosing The Right Instrumentation For Produced Water Treatment Systems 4/27/2023

    A range of devices are required to cost-effectively manage the lifecycle of produced water. Operators often face the question of which process instrumentation is the right fit given the unique requirements of their application.

  6. Proactive WWTP Design And Innovation Improves Health Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed 2/2/2023

    Read about the $568 million, decade-long upgrade of a Water Pollution Control Plant that would expand the plant’s capacity from 30 mgd to 40 mgd while also reducing nitrogen and phosphorous to the limit of technology.

  7. Brainstorming New Ideas For Improved Stormwater Infrastructure 12/16/2020

    Planning how to address environment-impacting, water-infrastructure challenges — reducing stormwater runoff pollution, reducing sewer overflows, and protecting rivers and streams that serve as drinking water supplies for downstream towns — can be an intimidating task. A recent report from the Environment America Research & Policy Center cites many examples that can serve as beacons for municipalities large and small.

  8. Increased Energy Savings Achieved By Improved Design And Rigorous Testing 10/30/2019

    In 2017 Aeration Industries provided its Tri-Oval system with three Triton aerator/mixers controlled by dissolved oxygen instrumentation to a municipality located in Tennessee.

  9. 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.

  10. Rightsizing Blower Installations For Optimum Performance 1/24/2019

    In regulated wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) environments, which require 100 percent blower system redundancy to satisfy the most extreme operating conditions, it can be easier to meet demanding physical thresholds than it is to refine energy performance to the ideal minimum. Here are some guidelines for covering all the bases — estimating the potential payback of balancing blower type, size, and turndown capacity while making the evaluation exercise worth the effort.