WASTEWATER

GettyImages-2219628794_450_300 Beyond Clarifiers: How Advanced Primary Filtration Solves Wet Weather Capacity Challenges

Pile cloth media filtration treats wet weather flows in real time, increasing capacity, improving removal efficiency, and helping utilities reduce reliance on limited stormwater storage.

WASTEWATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITEPAPERS

  • AVT - 3,000 Homes Maintained Their Water Supply Thanks To R2M And The AVT EZ Valve

    Protecting residential water access during emergency repairs is essential for municipal reliability. Advanced insertion technology creates permanent control points on live, pressurized lines, preventing large-scale service outages and boil-water advisories for thousands of residents.

  • Why Engineers Still Rely On Variable Area Technology

    Simple yet effective, variable area flowmeters continue to deliver reliable, power-free measurement, with modern upgrades enhancing their flexibility, durability, and role in today’s process systems.

  • CFD: 'Paint By Numbers' Insight Into Fluid Mixing Performance

    Here are some insights on CFD technology, its specific use in wastewater basins, and inside tips on how to apply it to greatest advantage across a variety of processes.

  • What's A Luminometer? And Why Should You Care?

    If you’re in the business of managing a water system — whether drinking water, wastewater or water used for industrial purposes — a luminometer can make your job easier.

  • Innovative Project In Virginia Changes Lens On Wastewater

    In September of 2016, Ted Henifin took the first sip of water purified at a pilot treatment plant developed by HRSD (Hampton Roads Sanitation District). Now, the innovative water treatment program known as SWIFT — Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow — is changing the lens through which communities and government officials view wastewater, drinking water, aquifer replenishment, and even fighting sea level rise.

  • Savings Helps MABRs Gain Traction In Municipalities

    An MABR is essentially a biological wastewater treatment process that utilizes seemingly passive aeration through oxygen-permeable membranes. Oxygen transfer through the MABR membranes is diffusion based: driven by concentration differences such that oxygen passes from air at atmospheric pressure into water at a higher hydrostatic pressure. This oxygen transfer mechanism, wherein air is supplied to the process at very low pressure, is the reason MABRs have significantly lower energy consumption compared to other wastewater treatment processes, such as conventional activated sludge (CAS), that utilize diffusers. This energy savings is one of the key reasons MABRs are gaining traction in the municipal wastewater industry.

  • Selecting The Right Membrane Configuration For Your MBR Application

    Consider your wastewater treatment goals, and follow along with this article to learn more about how to work with your partner on an ideal MBR solution.

  • Wastewater Plant Cuts Mechanical Aeration Run Time With Solar-Powered Circulation Technology In the Buckeye State, the village of St. Henry, OH, is bucking the trend of many rural farming communities. Instead of losing residents and local businesses to bigger cities, this community is growing. Local industries such as turkey processing are expanding as well. By: Michael Christensen, SolarBee, Inc.
  • High-Flux Membrane Filtration For Oil And Water Separation

    Environmental regulations and water scarcity have created a need for economical water treatments that increase reuse. This paper will review the new PPG membrane that has a unique composite single-layer microstructure that provides high-flux, excellent separation capabilities and exceptional durability to improve the filtration and recovery of industrial wastewater.

  • 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.

WASTEWATER APPLICATION NOTES

WASTEWATER PRODUCTS

Ideal Usage for Roll Off Box - Phase Separators: Separating and dewatering sludges, slurries and waste streams.

The Thermo Scientific Orion AQUAfast® AQ3700 Colorimeter comes programmed with methods for testing nutrients. By Thermo Fisher Scientific

A patented polymicrobial blend of facultative bacteria specifically selected for their ability to degrade organic waste and eliminate noxious odor.

The wastewater treatment plant of a major corporation is designed for a population capacity of 6 million people and is considered a very large wastewater treatment plant.

NeoTech Aqua Solutions provides the most efficient and cost-effective UV systems for destroying Total Organic Carbons (TOC’s) in water.  Whether your destroying NDMA, 1,4-dioxane, TCE, MTBE, urea, endocrine disruptors or other organics, only NeoTech Aqua provides ultraviolet TOC reduction with a treatment chamber optimized for low pressure mercury lamps.  As a result, NeoTech Aqua’s UV systems achieve a three times greater TOC reduction per kilowatt compared to standard UV systems, reducing our clients’ costs and energy consumption. In addition to efficiently generating ample 185 nm UV for TOC reduction, NeoTech Aqua’s TOC reduction systems also generate significant levels of 254 nm UV which serve as a powerful disinfectant, providing you both TOC-free and organism-free product water.

The Model R OXIGEST® treatment system provides stable operation and flexible process options for sanitary and industrial/process wastewater applications with concentric tankage that maximizes space efficiency in its footprint.

LATEST INSIGHTS ON WASTEWATER

  • A shift in how we approach source water protection is long overdue. Currently, we are trapped in a cycle of escalating costs, forced to treat symptoms like algae and invasive weeds expediently with chemicals while the underlying risk in the reservoir compounds. True risk management requires breaking this cycle.
  • Einstein once said of compound interest, "He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." The same logic of compounding applies to the organic sediment accumulating on the floor of your drinking water reservoir. The longer you wait to address it, the more exponentially expensive it becomes to fix.
  • Our infrastructure systems have operated in managed deterioration for decades. And not surprisingly, once they deteriorate badly enough and cross over into active failure, all cost discipline disappears.
  • Every day, food scraps disappear into trash bags, are hauled away, and forgotten. But that waste could be turned into something productive.

  • 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.
  • 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.

WASTEWATER VIDEOS

Explore ozone technology and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), with expert insights on real-world applications, water safety, and innovations shaping municipal and industrial treatment systems.

Explore ozone system optimization with industry experts, covering performance strategies, field insights, automation, and common design pitfalls to improve efficiency, compliance, and long-term reliability in water treatment.

Go behind the scenes of ozone system service, exploring startup, maintenance, troubleshooting, and PinnacleCare™ support to ensure reliable, efficient operation of mission-critical installations.

Explore nanobubble technology’s science, benefits, and real-world applications in water treatment and agriculture, improving gas transfer, efficiency, and sustainability across a wide range of industries.

On this episode of The Water Online Show, hosts Travis Kennedy and Kevin Westerling interview Fred Gerringer, Brown and Caldwell’s Water Reuse National Practice Leader, about the creation of a first-of-its-kind State Water Reuse Regulatory Guide being developed for the WateReuse Association and its partner organizations.