Video Case Study: SPIRALIFT® SR Provides Septage Receiving Solution

The Willits, California Wastewater Treatment Plant services over 10,000 residents and receives 750 loads of septage each year, but found they had a serious problem. Heavy septage from “honey trucks” was dumped by haulers into its wet well which clogged the plant’s pumps and caused flow channels to overrun. The plant also lacked oversight as to who was pumping and what was being pumped into its system. It could not control the pH level of the wastewater. 

Problems And Solutions To Wipes In Wastewater Treatment Systems

Blockages often occur in residential and municipal sewer systems from accumulation of disposable wipes in wastewater treatment systems. The pipes, pumps and other equipment that process flushable waste in wastewater treatment systems are often not capable of handling such waste.

Highland Tank Oil/Water Separator Tank Installation For Expansion At Gerald R. Ford International Airport The Gerald R. Ford International Airport is a commercial Airport located a few miles southeast of Grand Rapids, MI. The Airport is home to some major carriers like Northwest, Continental, United, American, and Delta airlines

Wastewater Treatment Double-Play Game Winner

While aeration and digester wastewater treatment systems are fundamentally different, they share common challenges when it comes to accurate air/gas flow measurement. Flow meters need to operate over a wide flow range, fluctuating from very high to low rates.

Pure Oxygen Injection Into A Pipeline

The Hagerstown Wastewater Treatment Plant in Maryland incorporated several plant modifications, one of which was the conversion of their disinfection process from the use of ozone to UV.

City Of Shelby, Ohio WWTP Eliminates CSOs While Upgrading To A State-Of-The-Art Facility

The City of Shelby, Ohio recently upgraded its activated-sludge wastewater treatment plant to double its capacity to 5 MGD, while expanding its capability to treat and disinfect combined high-volume stormwater and wastewater flows generated by wet-weather conditions.

Case History: IPSCO Steel Facility In Baytown, TX Installs Highland Tank Oil/Water Separators For NPDES Compliance The IPSCO Corporation was founded in 1956 as Prairie Pipe Manufacturing Company Ltd., originally making only pipe. Over the years the company has expanded to have facilities in five provinces in Canada and seven states in the United States. In 1984 the company officially changed the name to IPSCO Inc. IPSCO employs approximately 4,300 people and is currently North America’s #1 maker of steel plate and #3 for producing energy tubular products.

Practical Tips For Improving Sewer Data Management

Learn why data security, accessibility and quality are all crucial to successfully managing wastewater infrastructure and sustaining data hygiene.

Odor And Corrosion Control

Hydrogen Peroxide typically controls odors and corrosion at primary wastewater treatment plant headworks by direct oxidation of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) within the wastewater.

Flow Meter Ensures A Smooth Running Recovery Process At Bakery Production Plant

Employing roughly 5,000 workers in 12 countries, Vandemoortele bakery and production plant owes its success to high standards of quality, innovative production technologies, and a flair for finding economic alternatives. The latest example is the SITRANS FC430 Coriolis flow meter.

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.

Optimizing Air Flows To Aeration Basins

As a result of clean energy mandates and the rising cost of energy, wastewater treatment facilities around the country are retrofitting their instrumentation to run highly efficient, cost-effective, clean facilities. To reduce emissions and produce clean energy, solid wastes are often digested in large digester tanks to reduce the volume of waste (sludge) and produce more biogas, which is then used as fuel in the cogeneration process. However, a clean environment calls for not just clean air and clean energy, but clean water as well.

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.

Vacuum Sewer Truck: Optimize Cleaning Performance With The Right Accessories

Selecting the correct accessories will maximize cleaning while minimizing water use, tank refills, labor, and headaches.

Ultrasonic Flow Meters Improve Biogas Measurements

As interest in biogas grows, more attention is being paid to measuring biogas flow, which has long been a problem area in process measuring technology.

Mapping And Identifying The Source Of Water Quality Issues

A Southern U.S. municipality experiencing taste and odor issues in a certain neighborhood was also having difficulty maintaining chlorine residual levels in the area. Biological growth was suspected, however, water leaving the treatment plant met and exceeded all water quality requirements. After several investigations, the source of contamination in the distribution system could still not be identified.

Recording & Control: Aeration Control In Wastewater Plants – Accurate And Fast Control Of Aeration Process

Waste water, or raw sewage, is water that drains from toilets, sinks, showers, baths, dishwashers, washing machines and liquid industrial wastes.

Pikeville, Kentucky Medical Center Leak Found Despite Ambient Noise

Leaks found in 60 psi high density PE pipe by FELL in less than three hours. Acoustic and CCTV failed to find any leaks after more than a year of investigation. Read the full case study to learn more. 

Nitrogen-Reduction Treatment Systems For Long-Term Operations

The need for of nitrogen-reducing wastewater treatment systems has become more common in the past few decades due to various environmental concerns, including eutrophication, oxygen depletion, and toxicity to aquatic organisms in lakes and streams. The addition of nitrogen removal to any wastewater treatment plant, new or existing, typically increases the costs of the project significantly. When evaluating suitable technologies, it becomes critical to properly identify processes that can not only proved the best upfront capital value but also provide the most sustainable long-term functionality.

'TOTEX' Is Key When Purchasing Instrumentation

There’s a lot to be considered in the price tag of an ultrasonic instrument. Derek Moore from Siemens explains how the historical way of thinking only of capital costs needs to change to the more holistic approach of total expenditures.