America's Socioeconomic Disparities In Water And What We Can Do To Fix It Access to safe drinking water is fundamental for thriving populations. According to SpotlightOnPoverty, over 2.2 million people in the United States live without running water or proper sanitation at home, with low-income citizens bearing the effects of failing water systems. As our nation's water issues pose worsening health risks for water for marginalized communities, improving socioeconomic disparities is key a solution to providing a better life for its people.

Hera Group Finds The Source Of Its Wastewater Contamination

Learn how a WWTP increased visibility into its wastewater network to track the source of contamination. 

EPA Researchers Inform Public Health Officials In Ohio On Variants Of COVID-19 Virus Through Wastewater Monitoring And Sequencing

Early in the pandemic, researchers at EPA’s laboratory in Cincinnati began looking for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater. Wastewater can contain indicators of COVID-19 infection in a community and this data can help inform public health decisions. For example, wastewater monitoring can help health officials know which communities need more access to testing, or  predict when infection waves might be present in a community, often before anyone shows symptoms of the disease.

CeraQ Ceramic Membranes Provide Robust Solution For Automotive Parts Manufacturing

An automotive parts manufacturing plant was using a polymeric membrane to remove oil from water it used to rinse parts. The rinse water contained between 6% and 7% oil and the customer wanted to remove >95% of the oil from the water so the water could be reused in the plant.

Cost And Complexity Continue To Constrain Sustainability And Resiliency Efforts: Survey

According to Black & Veatch's 2023 Water Report, sustainability is considered a critical strategic focus by the majority of water utility stakeholders. The report surveys roughly 450 water industry stakeholders on topics ranging from climate change to regulations to federal funding programs.

Ductile Iron And Cast Iron Pipes: A Century Of Reliability In Service

Ductile and cast iron pipes have a proven service life of over 100 years. Their superior durability and strength ensure system reliability, a longevity newer materials have yet to match.

In-line Aeration System Provides Required Level Of Dissolved Oxygen In Pressurized Effluent Line

The treated effluent from all wastewater treatment plants across the country must meet local dissolved oxygen (DO) limits before discharging into receiving waters.

Blower Overhaul 101: What's Involved And Why It's Essential

Even the best-maintained blowers wear down. Timely overhauls prevent catastrophic failure, extend equipment life, and restore blower performance to “like new” condition—often at half the replacement cost.

Removing 12” Of Caustic Build-up Returns Chlorine Scrubber To Optimal Performance for Oglala Sioux Rural Water

The MNI Wiconi Water Treatment Plant in Ft. Pierre, SD was built for the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System between 1997 and 2002 with a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Interior.

Alpha Gone Astray: How To Ensure An Aeration Design Will Work

By understanding the types of substances and processes that can negatively impact aeration performance, operators can ensure that their system works as intended.

Sewage Pump Station Level Application

The most common level application in the water and waste water industry is the infamous wet well. With its line-of-sight measurement technology, rugged sensor, narrow laser beam and virtually nonexistent maintenance requirements or on-site calibration, ABB’s LLT100 laser level transmitter answers most concerns related to wet well level measurements and makes it easy to calculate what could amount to a substantial return on investment.

Getting Clarity On Clarification

Read an overview and maintenance tips for chain and scraper systems. 

2 Applications That Triggered The Rise Of Coriolis Flow Measurement

Coriolis measurement has been adopted as a default technology in many application scenarios due to its high accuracy and immunity to process variables (temperature, pressure and flow profile). However, Coriolis wasn't always widely accepted. Two applications, in particular, helped what was once a nascent flow measurement technology gain a foothold in the marketplace.

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.

Dissolved Oxygen Measurement

One of the most important measurements in the determination of the health of a body of water is its dissolved oxygen content. The quantity of dissolved oxygen in water is normally expressed in parts per million (ppm) by weight and is due to the solubility of oxygen from the atmosphere around us.

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.

Reducing Total Phosphorus In Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Monitoring phosphate during the wastewater treatment process allows for fine-tuning and optimizing chemical dosing for removal of phosphate, which provides significant cost savings to the plant while protecting the aquatic environment downstream of the facility.

Real-Time Water Quality Data For Agriculture

We arm farmers with mission-critical water data to help enhance crop yield and taste. KETOS delivers valuable insights for fluctuations in deficiency and toxicity.

Lab Gas Sub-Metering Accuracy Improves With Thermal Flow Meters To Save Money

Facility administrators will find the advanced ST100 Series Thermal Mass Air/Gas Flow Meter from Fluid Components International (FCI) helps them improve the accuracy of specialty gas point of use and sub-metering operations to achieve accurate billing in their labs for better cost tracking and control.

Textile Manufacturing

The textile manufacturing industry encompasses many and diverse processes that rely heavily on the use of water, energy, chemicals, and other resources. Wet spinning, sizing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, mercerization, dyeing and printing are just a few. Monitoring and controlling the pH, TDS/Conductivity/Salt Concentration, ORP (REDOX), and Temperature of the aqueous solutions used in these processes conserves costly resources, controls quality, and reduces the amount of pollution that must be treated before discharge of effluent wastes. This can be done manually with handheld instruments or automatically with in-line monitor/controllers.