More Wastewater Industry Features

1. Keeping Polar Regions Ecologically Safe 3/9/2020

   With a growing trend in expedition-type cruising and an increase in commercial shipping traffic navigating the Northern Sea Route and to a lesser extent the Northwest Passage, the need for the regular and accurate monitoring of a passenger vessel’s ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has never been so acute.

2. Florida Legislation Pushes For Better Wastewater Asset Management 7/2/2020

   On July 1, 2020, two new laws took effect in Florida on Environmental Accountability (SB 1450/HB 1091) and more broadly Environmental Resource Management (SB 712/HB 1343).  I will let you read the 50 pages of the Environmental Accountability bill or the 100+ pages of the Environmental Resource Management bill, but it easily gets boiled down to good ol’ fashioned asset management. 

3. Are You On The Hook For U.S. EPA Effluent Limitations Guidelines? 5/28/2020

   While wastewater effluent standards mandated by the U.S. EPA and individual states eventually come down to a number, it pays to understand how those standards are established and the challenges of meeting them in real-world applications. Here is a look at the multiple pieces of that puzzle, including their wastewater treatment implications for industrial-scale meat and poultry processing operations.

4. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: A Fresh Approach 12/2/2020

   In the last five years sustainability has quickly become a major development in urban drainage design, across the globe.

5. Simpler “Smart Water”: A Paradigm Shift For AMI Deployment 3/16/2020

   As municipal water utilities face relentless financial pressure — with consumers who oppose rate increases at one end of the spectrum and a crisis of aging infrastructure at the other — “smart water” is becoming an imperative. Driving adoption of the technology on a widespread scale requires simplicity and cost certainty, both of which can be found in newer network as a service (NaaS) models for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).

6. Opportunities And Challenges In Decentralized Wastewater Reuse Applications 4/20/2020

   The level of acceptance and implementation of wastewater reuse and recycling strategies varies dramatically across geographic regions. Several drivers impact the perceived necessity for regulatory structures that allow – or sometimes encourage – the treatment of sewage to levels for reuse.

7. A Pathway To Keeping Pace With AMI Technology 3/16/2020

   The rise of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been a substantial benefit to municipalities. AMI goes beyond billing data to provide deep insights into water distribution systems and offers utility managers an important tool in delivering the highest quality drinking water. However, that advancement has also generated a significant obstacle. The good news is that a cost-effective and flexible solution is available.

8. Reducing Legionella Risks On Cruise Ships 4/16/2020

   With 125 new cruise ships set to enter the world’s by 2027, boosting the number of ships to over 550 and providing capacity for about 40 million guests per year, maintaining passenger health is of great importance.

9. LCR Revisions Push Systems Into Uncharted Waters: Schools & Childcare Facilities 1/27/2020

   Among all the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR) regarding testing, reporting, and reacting to lead levels in drinking water is an entirely new requirement for water testing at K-12 schools and licensed childcare centers in a utility’s service area. Here are some thought-provoking considerations for involved schools and the utilities, government officials, and engineering firms who serve them.

10. Almost 400 AMERICAN Flow Control® Valves And Hydrants With ALPHA™ Restrained Joints Installed In Pennsylvania 3/20/2020

    What’s better than one AMERICAN Flow Control® valve or hydrant with an ALPHA™ restrained joint end? How about almost 400? The Houtzdale Municipal Authority is installing more than 300 resilient wedge gate valves with ALPHA restrained joint ends and almost 60 American-Darling® B-62-B fire hydrants with ALPHA bases as part of the water authority’s distribution replacement project. Work began June 2019 and is expected to be completed June 2020.