WASTEWATER
Resolving Odor Complaints With Targeted Solutions Restore Community Confidence
The South Dearborn Regional Sewer District in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, provides regional wastewater treatment services for three cities and an international distillery. The 6 mgd treatment plant is located in an area of high population growth and is surrounded by many retail operations and other commercial developments. In addition, a heavily traveled state highway runs by the treatment plant.
WASTEWATER CASE STUDIES AND WHITEPAPERS
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TASKMASTER® Grinder Contributes to BioFuel Production
The Meadowbrook Dairy in El Mirage, California is part of a growing alternative energy initiative -the production of energy from renewable sources. In this example, the renewable source is manure provided by the dairy’s 2000 cows. Each day, 20,000 gallons of manure are collected, deposited and processed in an anaerobic digester. Methane is released which fuels a turbine that generates electricity. Enough power is generated to meet most of the daily needs of the 159 acre dairy.
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![Kando_-_White_Paper-12]( "Supporting Improved Wastewater Intelligence And Source Control With Real-Time Data Gathering And Event-Triggered Sampling")
Supporting Improved Wastewater Intelligence And Source Control With Real-Time Data Gathering And Event-Triggered SamplingWastewater can be both a potentially harmful pollutant and a valuable resource and a vital raw material. It could be the potential key to sustainable water consumption.
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Advantages Of Thermal Dispersion Switches For Pump Protection
Thermal dispersion switches use similar principles as thermal mass flow meters. Fluid carries heat away from the probe tip reducing the temperature difference between a heated resistance temperature detector (RTD) and a reference RTD.
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![1068309100_Oakland]( "Oakland, CA Uses ADS Turnkey Services To Avoid Spills And Reduce Costs")
Oakland, CA Uses ADS Turnkey Services To Avoid Spills And Reduce CostsLearn about the technology that Oakland Public Works used to measure full depth in a manhole.
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An All-New Treatment Facility Is Designed To Meet The Clean Water Needs Of Future Generations
About an hour south of Atlanta, the city of Barnesville, Georgia is a town of shady, tree-lined streets, a fondness for celebrating its history, and a sharp eye on the future.
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Feature Installation: Pleasant Valley School District, PA (Wastewater Treatment Lagoons) Pleasant Valley School District is comprised of seven schools encompassing a 120 square mile area (311 km2) in Monroe County Pennsylvania.
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![louisiana-flow-meter]( "Louisiana Wastewater Treatment Facility Benefits From Siemens Product Support")
Louisiana Wastewater Treatment Facility Benefits From Siemens Product SupportLearn about a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Louisiana that was having problems with its clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter, and how the issue was resolved.
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![0721_20_Xylem_sm]( "Hydroinformatics 101: Intro To Water Optimization And Efficiency")
Hydroinformatics 101: Intro To Water Optimization And EfficiencyHydroinformatics offers a fresh perspective that is enabling communities around the world to tackle age-old problems in new ways and with a bigger toolset.
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![Benefits_Of_Asset_Mgmt_iStock-967487804.jpg]( "Reaping The Benefits Of Proactive Asset Management")
Reaping The Benefits Of Proactive Asset ManagementThe more a water distribution or wastewater collection operation knows about its infrastructure, the better equipped it is to optimize performance, maximize asset life, and prioritize long-term capital investment. Here is a breakdown of enterprise asset management (EAM) opportunities and the advantages they offer — from more timely data collection, to more in-depth cost analysis, to more cost-effective decision-making.
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Cheyenne Board Of Public Utilities In Cheyenne, Wyoming Successfully Moves From Calcium Hypochlorite Tablets To Microclor® On-Site Hypochlorite Generation
The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) operates the water and wastewater systems for the capital of Wyoming which has a population of more than 63,000. Located in the fast growing Front Range Urban Corridor, BOPU is challenged by growth, periodic water scarcity and aging infrastructure.
WASTEWATER APPLICATION NOTES
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Bringing Efficiency And New Confidence To BOD₅ Analysis
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) analysis is the test everyone loves to hate—and for compelling reasons.
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Application Note: Testing Nitrite In Surface Water And Wastewater The Thermo Scientific Orion AQUAfast® AQ3700 Colorimeter comes programmed with methods for testing nutrients. By Thermo Fisher Scientific
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![chocolate-processing-SBR-system]( "AquaSBR Sequencing Batch Reactor: Food And Beverage Industry")
AquaSBR Sequencing Batch Reactor: Food And Beverage IndustryThis application note explores Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) systems that have been installed worldwide in a variety of applications, ranging from a few gallons per minute (GPM) to thousands of GPM.
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![optiflux]( "Dosing Of Sodium Hypochlorite Solution For Drinking Water Disinfection")
Dosing Of Sodium Hypochlorite Solution For Drinking Water DisinfectionA water purveyor was in urgent need of a chemically resistant flow instrumentation with a long life of service that allowed reliable and long-term stable dosing of the sodium hypochlorite solution.
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![AN_W&WW_EN_Letter-1]( "LLT100 Laser Level Measurement In Water And Wastewater")
LLT100 Laser Level Measurement In Water And WastewaterIn the water and wastewater market segment, the LLT100 laser level transmitter provides an efficient way to measure levels of liquids.
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Application Note: Small Team Saves Big Hassles With The Professional Plus Multiparameter Instrument In the past, Shinkle and her colleagues carried separate YSI meters for pH and DO, she notes. Now they use the YSI Professional Plus handheld multiparameter instrument, which allows them to measure pH, DO and temperature with one quick, reliable instrument. By YSI
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Process Monitoring And Control For Increased Productivity And Efficiency
The Littleton/Englewood wastewater treatment plant, Colorado, put in place processes to effectively monitor the levels of ammonia in their wastewater treatment.
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![digester-gas]( "Oxygen Content In Wastewater Digester Gas")
Oxygen Content In Wastewater Digester GasIn wastewater treatment, aerobic digestion enables plants to increase their capacity by injecting oxygen into the wastewater head space.
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![BHCS34721-Rasmus-Wood-Fired-Plant-Application-Note_R6-3]( "Scrubber Application")
Scrubber ApplicationThis 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.
WASTEWATER PRODUCTS
WinCan’s free MACP reference poster can be used to help your inspection team easily identify the components of a manhole and properly code defects.
The OPTIFLUX 4050 is an electromagnetic flowmeter (EMF) for chemical applications in non-hazardous areas. It provides cost-effective measurements with good accuracy and standard diagnostics and communication options. The extra isolation of the electronic device and housing makes this EMF particularly suitable for use in areas with extreme humidity and chances of flooding.
The ReliaSource modular lift station can accommodate multiple pump configurations, optional auto-start capabilities and sophisticated controls to meet all your wastewater pumping requirements.
LATEST INSIGHTS ON WASTEWATER
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![calabasas_Getty-1344028261]( "How Artificial Grass Installations Help Reduce Stormwater Runoff And Improve Local Ecosystems")
In areas with storm drains, the water can quickly overwhelm the drains, causing flooding hazards. For this reason, many towns have ordinances dictating how much ground can be covered with impermeable substrates.
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![Modern sewage treatment plant-GettyImages-1328743788]( "How Advanced Process Controls Empower Operators, Enhance Effluent Quality, Save Energy, And Reduce Emissions At WWTPs")
Technology like advanced process control systems can streamline operations, create opportunities to lower costs and emissions, and ensure effluent quality meets the highest standards. Research also indicates that implementing an appropriate control strategy can help reduce N2O emissions.
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![1125-Flow-Tronic]( "How To Strengthen Your Flow Monitoring Strategy … Before The Next Overflow")
Strategic flow monitoring helps wastewater utilities curb overflows, cut costs, and safeguard public health by turning accurate data into proactive action.
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![1125-Yardney]( "Pretreatment Filtration For Small Systems: The Expensive Pitfalls Of Low-Cost Equipment")
When seeking bids for a fair comparison, it’s important to evaluate the total cost of ownership.
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![Water purification-GettyImages-1142887870]( "Breakthrough Recyclable Polyimide Membranes Transform Wastewater And High-Salinity Water Treatment")
Researchers have developed polyimide-based membranes for membrane distillation (MD) that overcome three persistent issues in membranes for water treatment and gas separations: the need for pore-forming chemicals that prevent recycling, performance degradation due to pore wetting and fouling, and the inherent trade-off between high water flux and selectivity.
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![Wastewater pipeline, pump, water treatment plant-GettyImages-109592888]( "How Submersible And Non-Clog Pump Designs Are Reshaping Municipal Sewage Systems")
As technology improves and becomes more accessible, outdated municipal wastewater systems are fast beginning to show their age. Today, water pumps come in a variety of designs that enable uses that previous generations could only have dreamed of.
WASTEWATER VIDEOS
As aquatic invasive species continue to overwhelm hydropower, industrial, and municipal systems worldwide, this webinar explores why traditional filtration and chemicals are falling short—and how a dual-barrier UV approach is emerging as a proven, chemical-free alternative backed by global field results.
As utilities worldwide face mounting pressure from drought, water scarcity, and tightening regulations, this webinar explores how validated, chemical-free UV solutions are reshaping disinfection across surface water, wastewater, desalination, and potable reuse.
Luis Maturana and Adam Bates share how KSB’s rapid U.S. expansion — new facilities, doubled warehouse capacity, and a strengthened service footprint — is reshaping the pump and valve landscape.
At WEFTEC 2025, Huber’s Simon Randle discusses how emerging pressures in the industry—from PFAS and microplastics to shifting federal funding—are influencing everything from technology development to workforce priorities.
In this episode of The Water Online Show, host Angela Godwin sits down with Mike Saunders from ORENCO to explore how a small Oregon startup founded in a garage grew into an industry leader redefining decentralized wastewater solutions.