Wastewater Features

  1. How Advanced Process Controls Empower Operators, Enhance Effluent Quality, Save Energy, And Reduce Emissions At WWTPs 10/30/2025
    Technology like advanced process control systems can streamline operations, create opportunities to lower costs and emissions, and ensure effluent quality meets the highest standards. Research also indicates that implementing an appropriate control strategy can help reduce N2O emissions.
  2. How To Strengthen Your Flow Monitoring Strategy … Before The Next Overflow 10/30/2025

    Strategic flow monitoring helps wastewater utilities curb overflows, cut costs, and safeguard public health by turning accurate data into proactive action.

  3. Pretreatment Filtration For Small Systems: The Expensive Pitfalls Of Low-Cost Equipment 10/30/2025

    When seeking bids for a fair comparison, it’s important to evaluate the total cost of ownership.

  4. Breakthrough Recyclable Polyimide Membranes Transform Wastewater And High-Salinity Water Treatment 10/28/2025

    Researchers have developed polyimide-based membranes for membrane distillation (MD) that overcome three persistent issues in membranes for water treatment and gas separations: the need for pore-forming chemicals that prevent recycling, performance degradation due to pore wetting and fouling, and the inherent trade-off between high water flux and selectivity.

  5. How Submersible And Non-Clog Pump Designs Are Reshaping Municipal Sewage Systems 10/23/2025

    As technology improves and becomes more accessible, outdated municipal wastewater systems are fast beginning to show their age. Today, water pumps come in a variety of designs that enable uses that previous generations could only have dreamed of.

  6. How AI Can Improve Storm Surge Forecasts To Help Save Lives 10/20/2025
    Accurate storm surge predictions are critical for giving coastal residents time to evacuate and giving emergency responders time to prepare. But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow.
  7. Advances In Wastewater Treatment Systems To Address Limited Space And Stringent Regulations 10/7/2025
    The demand for smaller, highly effective wastewater treatment systems continues to grow due to land scarcity and high prices in many parts of the country and the desire by developers, builders, and homeowners to maximize the use of every square foot of property.
  8. A Market On Edge: PVDF's Uncertain Future And The Ceramic Alternative 10/6/2025
    By classifying PVDF as a PFAS “forever chemical” and including it under the proposed restriction, the EU has introduced the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar technology shift. While the outcome will depend on the final derogation periods granted, the proposal creates a defined regulatory horizon for PVDF membranes and forces the global water industry to evaluate alternatives.
  9. Flood-Prone Houston Faces Hard Choices For Handling Too Much Water 10/3/2025
    There are three potential options to contain floods with tunnels to direct excess water out of Houston to the coast. As researchers who study disaster resilience, we bring complementary expertise to analyzing this complex discussion. Here are what we see as the key factors for the city to consider.
  10. What Water Utilities Need To Know About Climate Adaptation 9/18/2025
    No one knows more than water utilities how changing climate conditions are impacting the challenges and costs of delivering clean drinking water to communities they serve. In a recent episode of The Water Online Show, climate experts Jesse M. Keenan from Tulane University and Edgar Westerhof of Arcadis discussed the issue of resiliency for drinking water and wastewater systems.