Wastewater Contaminant Removal Resources

41. Scientists Around The World Are Already Fighting The Next Pandemic 6/11/2020

    If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50 percent chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection — even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How?

42. Oily Water Treatment: How To Treat Using Advanced Electrocoagulation 5/28/2020

    We cook with it. Use it on our skin. Paint with it. Use it to fuel our cars. Our own bodies even produce it. However, something doesn’t quite add up here. Clearly, you wouldn’t cook with motor oil and you wouldn’t put olive oil in your gas tank. So why do we call these different products by the same general name? What oily water treatment is used to treat these different types of emulsified oils?

43. Peak Wet Weather Flow Management — A Slow And Painful Process 5/18/2020

    The water and wastewater industry is not like most businesses. Our industry is driven by many factors, including environmentalist concerns, federal and state regulatory water quality requirements, and utilities being good stewards of our waterways and providing clean water for drinking and recreational use. We have accomplished a lot of great work to clean up our waterways and provide safe water since the Clean Water Act (CWA) was first passed.

44. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Approaches Solve Community Challenges 5/12/2020

    Decentralized systems are proving their value beyond traditional use in rural settings, treating larger volumes of wastewater in diverse applications while easing O&M concerns.

45. Common UV Lamps For Chemical-Free Disinfection 4/2/2020

    When it comes to water and wastewater treatment systems, operational and performance variation will come from different components, including what treatment processes are deployed, whether chemicals are utilized, or how much power the treatment processes require. With many treatment systems, there is much consideration given to a particular central component akin to the heart and soul of the process. In the case of a UV system, the ultraviolet (UV) lamps are this component.

46. Refinery Treats Groundwater Contamination While Saving Precious Facility Space 3/20/2020

    A large, Midwestern oil refinery installed two identical, 110’ diameter S&L Model R OXIGEST® treatment systems to solve a groundwater treatment problem on-site. Each plant incorporates aeration, clarification, and effluent holding, treating peak flows of 7.2 MGD combined; 4.3 MGD in each plant.

47. Pros And Cons Of Wastewater Treatment Methods: Coagulation And Disinfection 3/13/2020

    Every stage in a wastewater treatment process is important to achieve the desired treatment results. However, primary treatment and tertiary are critical to the overall process. In the primary treatment process, solids are reduced to a large extent. Without this step, subsequent treatment would be less effective. In tertiary treatment, harmful microbiological matter is rendered killed or inactive so that it will not cause sickness to those organisms that encounter it.

48. Coronavirus And The Water Cycle — Here Is What Treatment Professionals Need To Know 3/5/2020

    As the global health community tracks the spread of this virus, it’s important for water and wastewater professionals to keep updated on potential impacts.

49. 4 Benefits Of Electrocoagulation For Groundwater Treatment 3/5/2020

    Even though groundwater sources are somewhat safer from pollution and contamination due to their underground location, they are still susceptible.

50. Xylem Helps South Carolina Utility Eliminate Taste And Odor Issues In Drinking Water 2/13/2020

    Advanced oxidation treatment system and water treatment plant upgrade save money.