Water and Wastewater Solutions For Industry

  1. No Grey Area To This Issue: Slimes Of All Colours Can Cause Costly Problems In Papermaking Processes 8/16/2018

    Pink, orange, red, brown and grey – paper mill slimes can come in an endless range of colours.  What contributes to these variances in colour? Microorganisms.  Different species – which live within a slime – produce different hues.  Unfortunately, you won’t find gold at the end of that rainbow.  In fact, it’s quite the contrary, as slime can pose costly problems for papermaking facilities.

  2. Tidal Wave Or Drop In The Bucket? Differences In Water Use Across The United States 11/11/2014

    A serious drought in the American West has called national attention to our country’s water resources. Not all regions of the U.S., however, have the same water needs. Understanding how our nation uses water, and how these needs vary across the country, will be an important piece of the solution to the water puzzle.

  3. The Importance Of Water Efficiency In Enhancing Economic Development Strategies 3/9/2023
    Establishing water efficiency measures with commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) sector partners has a lasting effect if positioned from a standpoint of cost savings, utility footprint reduction, and overall economic development benefits.
  4. Why It's Time To View Plastic Pipe In A Whole New Light 12/23/2019

    Because recent advances in plastic materials and processing have led to a new generation of plastic piping systems to handle challenging water and chemical environments, it is important to understand why some older piping choices might no longer be the best bet. Here are some key reasons to consider new plastic-piping choices for municipal and industrial water/wastewater applications in a whole new light.

  5. Revolutionary Sludge Management Comes To America 5/30/2014

    Wastewater utilities have a new opportunity to turn their sludge (biosolids) into something special.

  6. Hard Iron Versus Cast Iron Impellers For Non-Clog Sewage Pumps 4/7/2016

    When specifying the impeller material for a non-clog sewage pump, how do you know whether to select cast iron or hard iron material?

  7. Blowback From Flowback: Push For Groundwater Alternatives 10/5/2016

    About 50 percent of the nation’s residents source their fresh water supply from groundwater wells, which have deteriorated throughout the U.S. over the past decade. For shallow wells, severe drought conditions have gradually depleted groundwater levels.

  8. When Beer Becomes Hazardous Waste 5/12/2023

    Faced with restaurants and bars suddenly closed for the foreseeable future due to COVID-19, a beverage distributor was forced to take back 40,000 gallons of expired beer. 

  9. New Methods Extend Options For NPDES Compliance Testing 6/10/2021

    The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), introduced as part of the 1972 Clean Water Act, has continued to evolve as new challenges and new technologies emerge. Its latest update, due to go into effect on July 19, 2021, expands the analytical test methods available to governing bodies, industries, and municipalities for compliance reporting under the NPDES permit program. Here is what that entails.

  10. RENEWWRAP®: Systems Repair & Strengthen Hospital Parking Facility 1/7/2022

    When the parking deck of a busy Kentucky hospital was found to have cracks appearing in its slabs and columns the facility’s owners called on design engineers SSE Inc to develop a plan to mitigate the problem. They in turn called on Shield Systems, Inc., a manufacturer’s representative of GeoTree, who had access to a range of partners that could lend their expertise to help create a comprehensive strategy to attack the issue.