Wastewater Instrumentation Resources

  1. Digitalization In Water: Look How Far We've Come 8/2/2022

    Every once in a while, I hear someone saying that digitalization, or going digital, is the next big thing in the water industry. Don’t look now, but digitalization is here; and it has been for a few decades.

  2. The Benefits Of Flow Measurement Sensors In Smart Water Treatment 6/29/2022

    Flow measurement sensors are essential parts of water treatment plants. It’s increasingly common for those products to have Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. One industry report indicated the intelligent flow meter market will reach $3.1 billion in market worth by 2025, representing a 4.4% compound annual growth rate between 2020 and 2025.

  3. FPI Mag Meter Meets The Needs Of A Water Distribution Plant In Italy 5/24/2022

    McCrometer, and channel partner Tecnova, were able to help meet the demands of this water distribution customer by identifying and supplying the necessary meter to satisfy their specific needs.

  4. Wastewater Monitoring Took Off During The COVID-19 Pandemic — And Here’s How It Could Help Head Off Future Outbreaks 5/9/2022

    A community’s sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance has become an increasingly popular way to try to understand local infection trends.

  5. 4 Keys To Adopting Industry 4.0 At Your Water Processing Facility 5/5/2022

    As the water industry continues to walk the road of digital transformation, here’s a step-by-step guide to help utilities keep pace.

  6. How IoT Could Open The Floodgates To Innovative Water Management Projects 5/5/2022

    As the water industry continues to adopt more high-tech and data-centric solutions, it is important to consider the communications infrastructure that supports such investments.

  7. Leveraging ddPCR Technology For Accurate Wastewater Surveillance Testing 4/20/2022

    At this stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, where disease levels are diminishing in several parts of the U.S., authorities seeking to detect and isolate new outbreaks have found it best to transition from a triage-based clinical testing strategy to a broad surveillance strategy. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has turned to wastewater testing for surveillance because this form of community-based testing allows authorities to detect spikes in viral levels in a community days before individuals experience clinical symptoms while encompassing the part of the population that is asymptomatic or hesitant to be tested.

  8. Navigating Through Uncharted Waters, Part Two: How Peter Ng Is Giving Back To His Community 3/21/2022

    In Part Two of Navigating Through Uncharted Waters, we caught up with Peter Ng, a Wastewater Technician who continues to help get wastewater samples for Covid research. At the beginning of the pandemic, Ng was tapped to be a Disaster Service Worker for the City and County of San Francisco helping to deliver food to the vulnerable population as well as be a translator to senior citizens. As Ng explains, this was something he was always meant to do.

  9. Math Solutions Explained: Calculate Food-to-Microorganism (F-M) Ratio 3/15/2022

    The food-to-microorganism (F-M) ratio is a process control numeric value advantageous to determine the proper number of microorganisms for the biological treatment process. The solution of calculating F-M ratio uses the influent volume of wastewater into an activated sludge system (flow MGD), incoming carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) (mg/L) concentration into the aeration tank, mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) concentration (mg/L), and quantity (in gallons) of the respective aeration system.

  10. Navigating Through Uncharted Waters: How SFPUC's Wastewater Enterprise Stepped In To Help With COVID Monitoring 3/7/2022

    On February 25, 2020, Mayor London N. Breed declared a local emergency. The legal document put into action the mobilization of City resources, accelerated emergency planning, and staffing to prepare in the event that COVID-19 appeared in the community. Ryan Batjiaka, a Resource Recovery Specialist for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) recalls what it was like the first few days after receiving the news.