Wastewater Measurement Resources

  1. Looking Ahead In 2021 1/25/2021

    With 2021 nearly here, we’d like to share what’s in store for the year to come as it relates to Asset Management, Digital Twins, and Artificial Intelligence.

  2. Understanding The Impact Of Smart Water 1/5/2022

    To appreciate the impact of smart water solutions — Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning — one must first identify some of the main challenges involved in water and wastewater network monitoring, as well as the benefits of real-time, proactive versus traditional, reactive approaches. This impact is intertwined by economic, social, and environmental dimensions, which are best enabled through industry collaboration.

  3. City of Bend, OR Achieves Cost-Effective Strategies For Water System Upgrades Due To Growth

    Murraysmith used Optimizer to a develop a long-term masterplan for Bend’s water distribution system, to help the city prepare for future population growth. Bend has been experiencing steady population growth over the years, and this growth is not expected to slow down in the foreseeable future. The purpose of this masterplan optimization was to determine the most cost-effective strategy for upgrading the system to be able to prepare for the anticipated future demands.

  4. Myths And Realities: Ammonium Based Aeration Control In Wastewater 3/7/2014

    The introduction of simple, reliable, and affordable in situ sensors based on ion selective electrode (ISE) technology provides the opportunity for more advanced activated sludge control strategies. For example, aeration control using ammonium as a response variable in addition to or in place of dissolved oxygen (DO) using continuous monitoring and control instruments.

  5. The Future Is Here — Just Add Utility 5/4/2016

    Water utilities are responsible for one thing above all: supplying safe drinking water to their populations on a daily basis. In light of the recent public health crisis in Flint, MI, utilities have never been under more pressure from the public to perform this service.

  6. WWEMA Window: 3-D Imagery As A Workforce Recruitment Tool 2/25/2022

    Why does our industry not seem to attract both a large number and highly skilled new talent like other industries do? I contend that as an industry we must do everything possible to sell ourselves and the important mission we fulfill, and what better way to do this than to wave the technology flag?

  7. How Can Seasonal Establishments Treat Their Wastewater Economically? 2/20/2014

    Opened a few months per year, seasonal establishments typically experience important fluctuations in the number of visitors. Energy consumption and operating expenses must continually be analysed and optimized. The implementation of efficient energy management practices and the integration of innovative wastewater treatment solutions that can improve their cost-efficiency ratio have become major sources of savings for this whole industry.

  8. Water Treatment Plant Data Management Improved With Opworks Web-Based Program 6/23/2017

    The City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota recently updated its data management processes at the water treatment plant, with a goal of increased efficiency for everyone from operators to management. The Eden Prairie Water Treatment Plant draws from a groundwater supply to serve a population of 63,000 people, with a total of 18,000 water user connections. The plant primarily uses lime softening for treatment.   

  9. A Framework For Digital Transformation 1/13/2022

    Manufacturers around the world are being forced to do more with less, as they grapple with finite resources and numerous challenges. The chemical process industries (CPI) in particular are facing challenges as they look to increase productivity. Digitalization and automation are game changers that can help to overcome obstacles, but they come with their own set of challenges.

  10. Utilizing Optimization, Palmira, Colombia Reduces Average Operational Pressures In Water System By 30%

    Aguas de Occidente utilized Optimizer to undertake a pressure management study for the water distribution system in the city of Palmira, Colombia. This optimization effort focused on developing solutions to improve service pressures in deficient parts of the city’s network, while simultaneously keeping average pressures down to minimize leakage losses and reduce non revenue water usage.