Wastewater Measurement Resources
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Continuous Monitoring And Control System Improves Communication, Operating Efficiency
3/7/2007
In the early 1990s, the Borough of Ridgway purchased several separate systems to control their water treatment and five bay filtration processes. Through the years, technology obsolescence led to difficulties in obtaining support and spare parts for all the systems. At one point, the existing systems completely failed, leaving Ridgway employees to manually operate the plant for several months. A new, more efficient system was desperately needed.
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Making Your Old SCADA System New Again
1/9/2018
When it comes time to update, it's a prime opportunity to consider switching over to new software that offers improved functionality instead of dumping more money into just keeping your existing software up-to-date.
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Town Of Castle Rock, CO Reduces Water Age By 35% Through Desktop Operational Optimization Study
Castle Rock Water teamed with Optimatics to consider whether modifying the operation of the Castle Rock water distribution network could improve water age across the system. The purpose of the Castle Rock optimization study was to assess system operations and determine whether changes to the way the system is operated could reduce water age across the system, particularly in some problematic storage tanks. Water age is a concern for many water utilities since it is a major factor in the deterioration of water quality in distribution systems.
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How A 'Smart' City Improves Life For Residents, Visitors, And Business
6/1/2017
Cities that champion infrastructure improvements and embrace connectivity are well on their way to attracting today’s citizens and encouraging growth. Here’s a look at the benefits a smart city provides for its residents, workforce, and visitors.
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Tackling Modern Wastewater Treatment Challenges And Unlocking Efficiencies With Advanced Water Technologies
1/24/2018
Research studies, empirical evidence, and the march of time all suggest that the implementation of next-generation technologies at wastewater utilities is profoundly important, if not imperative, for efficient operations.
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Alleviating A Bottleneck In Proposals For An Innovative Water Firm
1/21/2021
Organica Water is a global provider of innovative solutions for the treatment and recycling of wastewater. They currently have 100+ installations of their innovative 'garden-like' WWTP's around the world. They were the first end users of the Transcend Design Generator and continue to use the software as a way to keep cost low and bid on an ever-increasing number of projects.
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Math Solutions Explained: Converting To Gallons Per Minute
9/23/2021
This presentation will focus on converting and expressing flow rate gallons in minutes, converted from flow rate gallons in hours.
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Cyanide Analysis Of Wastewater Samples From FCC And Hydrocracking Operations
6/21/2013
Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is a major unit operation in refineries around the world. FCC is used to convert lowvalue, high molecular weight feedstocks such as shale oil, tar sands oil, and coker gas oils into lighter, high-value products by “cracking” C-C bonds.
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City Of Warren, MI, Installs Promag W For Waste-Activated Sludge Application
10/9/2020
The City of Warren Water Recovery Facility in Michigan, treats and protects the waters of the state. Read the full case study to learn how the City of Warren Water Recovery Facility has been able to attain accurate data at a high repeatability rate since the installation of the Promag W unrestricted mounting 0 x DN electromagnetic flowmeter.
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SWAN Corner: Creating And Implementing A Smart Industrial Monitoring Network And Advanced Data Analytics At The City of Memphis
9/2/2021
The City of Memphis teamed with Brown and Caldwell to pilot a smart sensor network where water-quality monitors could be installed directly at permitted discharge points for five of the largest industrial users. The pilot project also served as a proof-of-concept project for the City to assess the feasibility of making a paradigm shift to digital water-quality monitoring as a long-term solution.