Finding A Perfect Fit For Mix-And-Match Piping

Today’s water/wastewater piping options offer numerous advantages in terms of cost, performance, and anticipated service life. Unfortunately, utilities must still deal with what’s already in the ground — steel, cast iron, ductile iron, asbestos cement, plastic, concrete, and even wood. Here are guidelines on making transitions between old and new pipes of varying sizes and materials as smooth as possible.

How Food And Beverage Companies Can Get Ahead Of The Water Scarcity Curve

High-quality water is critical to food and beverage production — both as an ingredient and a process enabler — so the sourcing challenges faced by municipal water systems pose an ongoing threat to the health of the industry. Fortunately, there are a variety of technology options now available to improve water security.

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Is Having Its Day

Not long ago, systems engineered to manage and mitigate stormwater runoff were predominately of the “gray” variety. Today, however, more and more municipalities are embracing green stormwater infrastructure (GSI).  

'You've Come A Long Way, Baby': The Making Of The Modern Day Fire Hydrant

This article is in support of the Imagine a Day Without Water campaign — a national online movement to raise awareness about the value of water and water infrastructure.

Avoiding Unplanned Outages In Water Treatment

Maintenance professionals within Water and Wastewater Treatment facilities are as busy as ever. To keep up with growing demands on their time, they are always looking for ways to improve the reliability and maintenance requirements within their scope of responsibility.

Devastated Community Finds Innovative Wastewater Solution

The community of Kinglake West was on a waiting list to receive government financing for a new sewer system when, in 2009, a disastrous fire swept through the area. The damage was so extensive that funding for a wastewater collection system was expedited. The new system needed to be up and running as soon as possible, without being an undue financial burden to homeowners.

Electroplating 2 (Cr, Ni, Zn, Cu, Cd)

A California electroplater offers a number of finishes including nickel, EN, chromium, chemfilms, copper, cadmium, and zinc. They formulate most of the plating chemicals used in the plant, including the electroless nickel baths.

Improving Water System Performance: A Continuous TOC Measurement Technology To Enhance Real-Time Process Control This article discusses real-time Total Organic Carbon (TOC) tracking in the water purification process and the importance of rapid, continuous, and reliable TOC monitoring for real-time critical water release. Submitted by Mettler-Toledo Thornton

Development Of MBR Suitable For Retrofit With Flat Sheet Membrane

In sewage works of Japan near bay areas, the tightening of restrictions on nitrogen and phosphorus has resulted in greater needs for reconstruction and replacement of infrastructure, to switch from the conventional activated sludge process to the advanced treatment process without newly expanding aeration tanks.

Not All Sprockets Are The Same

There is a common misconception that all sprockets are the same, simply because they have the same number of teeth and run on 720-series chain. There are a number of other features that distinguish between a long-lasting, wear-resistant gear and a sprocket that needs to be replaced after a few years due to wear or failure.

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.

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.

Dosing Of Sodium Hypochlorite Solution For Drinking Water Disinfection

A 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.

Combining Decentralized And Centralized Wastewater Treatment Strategies To Solve Community Challenges

To sustain the environment and smart community growth while protecting public health, engineers, municipal health officials, and regulators need innovative wastewater treatment solutions. The latest evolution of decentralized systems can efficiently handle residential and commercial daily flows and are a cost-effective alternative to the large, centralized wastewater treatment plants of the past. 

A Comparative Study Of On-Line And Laboratory TOC Analyzers For Analysis Of Municipal Wastewater

This application note presents comparative data obtained on influent and effluent wastewater samples using laboratory and on-line TOC analyzers employing the heated sodium persulfate oxidation technique in USEPA-approved methods 415.3 and SM 5310C.

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

AquaSBR Sequencing Batch Reactor: Food And Beverage Industry

This 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.

LLT100 Laser Level Measurement In Water And Wastewater

In the water and wastewater market segment, the LLT100 laser level transmitter provides an efficient way to measure levels of liquids.

Environmental Applications Of The Agilent 1290 Infinity UHPLC: The Evolution Of Chromatography This application note presents examples of the use of UHPLC (ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography) for environmental applications using the new Agilent 1290 Infinity LC. By E. Michael Thurman and Imma Ferrer Center for Environmental Mass Spectrometry Department of Environmental Engineering University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA

How To Optimize Your DAF System With Air Dissolving Pumps

Despite their importance in modern wastewater applications, not all DAFs are created equal. Factors, such as the components that make up these systems, will influence how well they work and how long they last.