WASTEWATER
Maintaining And Improving Jersey City Water Infrastructure
Jersey City in New Jersey is undergoing a period of development and growth which has seen its population increase by more than 50,000 people in the last 13 years. To cater for this growth, the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority is tasked with maintaining its aging water infrastructure and improving its critical water supply to ensure it can meet the needs of its customers both now and into the future.
WASTEWATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITEPAPERS
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As Waters Warm, Questions Swirl Around Health Of The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef — a chain of 2,900 individual, underwater corals comprising the world’s biggest structure made by living organisms — is one of the most visible victims of climate change.
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Smart Water: Remote Sensing
Automated metering systems (AMSs) or “smart meters” can provide valuable data for electric and water utilities. Data analytics can be used to improve customer service, boost conservation, monitor the system, and even forecast demand. An ultimate goal might be to eventually monitor everything from streetlight intensity to fire hydrants.
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White Paper: Water Reuse Strategies: Steel Industry Case Studies
The steel industry has historically presented challenges for effective water treatment because it is a high water user and the applications may involve high heat, critical noncontact cooling, direct contact cooling, high suspended solids waters, oil and grease contamination, and complicated cascading. By Dave Christophersen, Veolia Water Technologies
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Are Nanobubbles Really A Big Deal?
Tiny bubbles — less than 200 nanometers apiece, small enough to fit 5,000 or more side by side in a millimeter — are making a big splash in the venture capital markets, and in the media, too. Nanobubbles can destroy harmful algal blooms, purify contaminated water, rid irrigation systems of biofilm, and perform cleaning feats that are nothing short of miraculous.
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Royal Environmental Systems And Water Tectonics Design State-Of-The-Art Stormwater Treatment System Located 20 miles east of Seattle,Washington, Redmond is home to 50,000 residents and many high-tech and biomedical companies, including Microsoft. Redmond’s downtown drainage area is dominated by commercial, industrial and roadway areas, with typical surface pavement contaminants such as metals, nutrients and sediments
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Victor Valley Recovers From Mojave Desert Environmental Catastrophe
Pushed beyond the limits of its banks, the Mojave River gushed at more than 36-cubic-feet-per-second in the Upper Mojave Narrows. It was an environmental catastrophe and needed attention immediately.
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Design-Build Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) System — New Harquahala Generating Project
The New Harquahala Generating Project serves as a power and electrical wholesaler in the Southwestern United States. To fill the need for growing energy consumption in the region, this facility was built to provide power to the area.
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Integrating MBRs Into Mixed-Use Developments
Diverse wastewater flows from mixed-use projects strain conventional systems. Learn how advanced biological treatment stabilizes unpredictable loads, ensures compliance, and delivers high-quality water suitable for reuse.
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Water Main Rupture Puts Florida Community At Risk Of Flooding
A water main rupture under pressure in Florida required a custom-designed “live line repair” fitting. Engineers quickly deployed, creating a permanent, corrosion-resistant solution and completing repairs in under 10 hours.
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Dairy Collective Reaps Green Energy And Environmental Benefits With Anaerobic Wastewater Technology
One of the United States’ newest dairy processing plants features advanced wastewater treatment technology that not only radically improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses green energy from waste streams to drive production processes and reduce its carbon footprint.
WASTEWATER APPLICATION NOTES
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Determination Of Pesticide Residues In Honey, By An Automated QuEChERS Solution
The QuEChERS (Quick-Easy-Cheap-Effective-Rugged-Safe) sample extraction method was developed for the determination of pesticide residues in agricultural commodities.
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Determination Of Polar Pesticide Residues In Food Of Plant Origin, By And Automate QuPPe Solution
The QuEChERS (Quick-Easy-Cheap-Effective-Rugged-Safe) sample extraction method was developed for the determination of pesticide residues in agricultural commodities.
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Application Bulletin: Reverse Osmosis
Osmosis is the phenomenon of lower dissolved solids in water passing through a semi-permeable membrane into higher dissolved solids water until a near equilibrium is reached
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Greenline In Wastewater Treatment For Pollution Control - Improving Environmental Quality Through Advanced Chemical Dosing Solutions
This application note explores how Greenline pumps enhance odor control systems by delivering precise chemical dosing for odor mitigation and pH control, ensuring cleaner air and improved quality of life.
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Scrubber Application
This customer supplies district heating and electricity for the region of Sønderborg. For one of their waste applications a MAG meter failed within 6 months, and was successfully replaced with a Panametrics Aquatrans AT600.
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Waterworks Joints 101
There are many different joints that can be found on waterworks pipeline components. This paper focuses on the three most common joints.
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Ultrasonic Level Measurement In Water And Wastewater Plants
Radar technology is often viewed as the “best” method of level measurement, but this isn’t necessarily true in the water industry.
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Pile Cloth Media Filtration Removes 97% Of Microplastics From Wastewater
Learn about filtering microplastics from industrial wastewater prior to discharge, and how this is one way to effectively reduce the volume of this waste material from entering our surface water.
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Simplify And Optimize Your Process With Level And Pump Control
Level controllers have evolved to meet today’s environmental challenges and industry demands. Learn how they support improved process management and, ultimately, a better bottom line.
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Repair Or Rethink
The Moundsville Wastewater Treatment Plant in West Virginia chooses not to fix a broken blower unit, but rather to correct an outdated approach. The result is a savings of $50-60K a year in energy costs.
LATEST INSIGHTS ON WASTEWATER
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Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away, and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.
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Currently, water infrastructure is outdated and fragile, prone to breakages and leaks. Reactive approaches to water infrastructure are only implemented after an incident and are more expensive than simple maintenance fixes. Geotechnical Internet of Things (IoT) devices enable water and wastewater industry professionals to identify and address issues before they escalate into catastrophic events.
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Traditional gravity sewers rely on large-diameter mains, deep trenches, and often multiple lift stations — elements that carry significant capital and restoration costs, particularly in rural or rugged terrain. To improve cost efficiency and sustainability, many municipalities are adopting decentralized collection systems such as Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) systems, Septic Tank Effluent Gravity (STEG) systems, and liquid-only sewers.
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Aeration control strategies often remain conservative and static. Blowers operate continuously, oxygen levels are maintained near maximum, and airflow rates are rarely adjusted in response to real-time biological demand. The result is widespread over-aeration — a condition that does not improve treatment performance but significantly increases operating costs.
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Emerging state water reuse regulations are driving adoption of ozone and advanced oxidation, requiring flexible, high-performance systems to meet pathogen, trace organic, and DBP control objectives.
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Ozone system performance hinges on reactor design, not generator size. Efficient mass transfer, hydraulic integrity, and contact time ensure consistent oxidation, reduced energy use, and reliable treatment results.