WASTEWATER RESOURCES
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Next-Gen Submersible Solids Handling Pump Helps Protect Pasadena, Texas
12/14/2025
A submersible solids handling pump featuring a semi-open impeller and self-cleaning cutter plate solved a severe clogging issue. Operating without a single clog for over six months, the technology delivered "100% uptime" and freed up staff for other vital maintenance.
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Resolving Odor Complaints With Targeted Solutions Restore Community Confidence
12/5/2025
The South Dearborn Regional Sewer District in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, provides regional wastewater treatment services for three cities and an international distillery. The 6 mgd treatment plant is located in an area of high population growth and is surrounded by many retail operations and other commercial developments. In addition, a heavily traveled state highway runs by the treatment plant.
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3 Utilities Turning Wastewater Into Opportunity With Advanced Treatment And Reuse
12/5/2025
Read about three of the most pressing wastewater challenges utilities face today and how Stratmoor Hills, Key West Resort Utilities, and Beijing Water Group are using advanced treatment and reuse to overcome them.
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Impact Of Improved Actuation On Filter Performance
12/4/2025
A water filtration treatment plant was built in 1950, pneumatic actuators were installed on all of the filter control valves. The pneumatic actuators were not always reliable. Air compressor problems limited the availability of the pneumatics to control the filter valves.
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Actuators On Aeration Blower Valves Improve Dissolved Oxygen And Increase Overall Process Stability
12/4/2025
Discover how installing Beck electric actuators on the aeration blower control valves has improved process stability and plant operations for a South Florida treatment plant.
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Valve Upgrades Reduce The Number Of Corrective Work Orders By 99%
12/4/2025
A water treatment plant was using conventional electric actuators on valves across the facility, including the modulating Filter Effluent applications. A history of actuator problems prompted plant personnel to consider replacements.
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Sludge Valve Upgrades Reduce The Number Of Corrective Work Orders
12/4/2025
Read about one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the world that recently finished a project for upgrading its sludge valve actuators.
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Key West Resort Utilities Maximizes Reuse And Nutrient Recovery
11/25/2025
Water scarcity poses unique challenges to KW Resort Utilities Corp. (KWRU), the utility firm that provides wastewater management, wastewater recovery, and wastewater treatment in the region. KWRU began operation in the late 1960s and has worked hard over the decades to keep up with wastewater needs as population and tourism have boomed, spurred by land reclamation and development.
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A Blueprint For Smart Water Management
11/18/2025
Ferrán Bosch, Senior Business Development Manager Xylem Vue at Xylem, speaks with Koldo Urkullu, Director of Operations and Asset Management at CABB, about how a utility is innovating to meet volatile weather patterns head-on.
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Huber Unveils Bigger Dewatering Tech And Breakthrough Energy Recovery At WEFTEC 2025
11/17/2025
At WEFTEC 2025, Huber’s Simon Randle discusses how emerging pressures in the industry—from PFAS and microplastics to shifting federal funding—are influencing everything from technology development to workforce priorities.