WASTEWATER INSTRUMENTATION WHITE PAPERS & CASE STUDIES
Improve Your Plant Efficiency With Accurate Water And Wastewater Monitoring
A West Coast wastewater management facility provides design, management, and maintenance of the sanitary sewer system for an entire county, including the conveyance system and treatment system. The wastewater treatment plant has been established for over 50 years and has the capacity to treat 41 million gallons of sanitary sewage per day (mgd).value chain. Siemens suggested that the customer try the Siemens HydroRanger 200 controller. The HydroRanger 200 uses proven, continuous, ultrasonic echo ranging technology to monitor water and wastewater of any consistency up to 15 m (50 ft) in depth.
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![Using ATP To Reduce Risks From Legionella In Cooling Towers]( "Using ATP To Reduce Risks From Legionella In Cooling Towers")
Using ATP To Reduce Risks From Legionella In Cooling TowersA semiconductor manufacturing facility in France relies on an extensive cooling system to maintain stable conditions throughout their production facilities. The cooling system includes 19 cooling towers and 14 cooling water networks spread over a 135-acre site.
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![ABB Ability Power Plant]( "ABB Ability: Our Offering For Power Plants")
ABB Ability: Our Offering For Power PlantsABB provides an extensive selection of proven measurement and analytical products and solutions for power generation industry applications.
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![How Digitalization Can Boost Natural Disaster Resiliency In Municipal Water And Sewerage Treatment]( "How Digitalization Can Boost Natural Disaster Resiliency In Municipal Water And Sewerage Treatment")
How Digitalization Can Boost Natural Disaster Resiliency In Municipal Water And Sewerage TreatmentDigitalization of the municipal water treatment industry is fragmented today, with instrumentation, control, and automation technologies mixed with manual operational activities. Such infrastructures can be detrimental in cases of hydro-geological events, such as severe storms and earthquakes. The good news: When natural disasters strike, digitalization can help get municipal water treatment back online quickly and effectively.
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![Enhancing HVAC Performance: Siemens Clamp-On Flow Meters Chosen For NYC Building Complex]( "Enhancing HVAC Performance: Siemens Clamp-On Flow Meters Chosen For NYC Building Complex")
Enhancing HVAC Performance: Siemens Clamp-On Flow Meters Chosen For NYC Building ComplexA commercial real estate corporation that owns, develops and operates premier properties in major North American cities was one of the earliest companies to recognize the benefit of individually metering tenants for their utility usage. When designing a prestigious building complex in New York City, the company sought a flow meter that would facilitate this task. After careful consideration of several options, the choice became clear: clamp-on ultrasonic flow technology from Siemens.
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![Saving Energy And Enhancing Environmental Sustainability At A Top University In Asia]( "Saving Energy And Enhancing Environmental Sustainability At A Top University In Asia")
Saving Energy And Enhancing Environmental Sustainability At A Top University In AsiaAt one of the most prestigious universities in Asia, the main campus comprises a large number of buildings clustered within an area less than 2 km2 (1.2 mi2). Because the university was built more than a century ago, many facilities on the campus were never fitted with the proper instrumentation for energy measurement, making it difficult or impossible to monitor the performance of most HVAC systems, including the cooling system.
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![Field Test Turns Clamp-On Ultrasonic Skeptics Into Believers]( "Field Test Turns Clamp-On Ultrasonic Skeptics Into Believers")
Field Test Turns Clamp-On Ultrasonic Skeptics Into BelieversAfter having been reluctant of using clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters for energy measurement in cogeneration plants in large residential and commercial buildings, a U.S.-based engineering firm was convinced by the clamp-on meter’s strengths.
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![LTL_Flyer_Case-Study-At-A-Glance(Legionella-in-Medical-Retirement-Home]( "Rapid Microbial Assessment Following A Case Of Legionellosis")
Rapid Microbial Assessment Following A Case Of LegionellosisA case of legionellosis — an illness acquired from Legionella bacteria, which can grow in cooling water and potable water systems — was diagnosed at a medical retirement home.
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![Clamp-on Ultrasonic Flowmeters]( "Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flowmeters: How They Measure Up")
Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flowmeters: How They Measure UpNot cool enough in summer. Not warm enough in winter. Guests staying at a prestigious country club in New York state complained regularly about the air conditioning and heating of their luxury suites and apartments. The geothermal heat exchange system serving this facility had never, in fact, been fully functional.
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![Troubleshooting A Sudden Fecal Coliform Non-Compliance Event]( "Troubleshooting A Sudden Fecal Coliform Non-Compliance Event")
Troubleshooting A Sudden Fecal Coliform Non-Compliance EventA municipal wastewater treatment plant investigated a sudden increase in fecal coliform exceedance events.
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Analytical Software Predicts Sewer System Blockages
Using historical data and Seeq analytical software, Nukon calculates when sewer blockages will occur up to 13 hours before occurrence, preventing spills.
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![WP-0001-EN_Integrated_Level_Solutions_450_300]( "Integrated Level Solutions For The Future")
Integrated Level Solutions For The FutureSmarter measurement supports safer, more efficient and more sustainable operations, improving uptime and extending servicelife, whatever the industry sector.
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![CS_ABILITY_001-EN_B-450_300]( "Creating Stability For The Energy Revolution Takes Ability")
Creating Stability For The Energy Revolution Takes AbilityABB provides an extensive selection of proven measurement and analytical products and solutions for power generation industry applications.
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![Keeping The Operator In Focus: The Four Pillars Of Operator Effectiveness]( "Keeping The Operator In Focus: The Four Pillars Of Operator Effectiveness")
Keeping The Operator In Focus: The Four Pillars Of Operator EffectivenessThis paper shows how the four pillars of operator effectiveness lead operators to greater awareness, faster response and better decisions.
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![Digital Engineering Models Enable Comprehensive Lifecycle Information Management For Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants]( "Digital Engineering Models Enable Comprehensive Lifecycle Information Management For Water And Wastewater Treatment Plants")
Digital Engineering Models Enable Comprehensive Lifecycle Information Management For Water And Wastewater Treatment PlantsWater and wastewater treatment plant design is a large scale, complex engineering effort that requires a multi-discipline design team, often spread across many offices, and involving collaboration among different consulting firms, contractors, and owners.
Revolutionizing Asset Management In The Water/Wastewater Industry
The industrial world is awash with data and new information from sensors, applications, equipment, and people. But the data is worthless if it is left untouched or not used to its full potential to gain insights and make better decisions.
WASTEWATER INSTRUMENTATION PRODUCTS
LuminUltra’s GeneCount™ qPCR workflow was developed specifically for laboratories so they can extend this competitive offering to clients, or bring costly, outsourced qPCR testing, in-house.
Microorganisms cost the oil & gas, water, and manufacturing industries billions of dollars in damage annually by corroding metal, degrading product, and inhibiting processes.
The HydroRanger 200 gives you unparalleled ease of use, setup in under a minute, customer-driven features, and PROFIBUS DPV1- all to make your work simpler and to provide the reliability you have grown to trust in Siemens ultrasonic controllers.
From the Primary to Quarternary treatment process, find the right ISO compliant test kits, standards & CRMs, key tools and application notes for your wastewater analysis.
Wastewater utilities face difficult operational challenges when timely decisions are needed for events associated with a range of conditions, from normal operation to sewer overflows, blockages, and network power outages. You not only need a good sense of what is happening in your network right now, but also the ability to accurately predict what is about to happen, and how to respond to achieve the best possible outcome.
OpenFlows WaterOPS is a real-time operational and optioneering decision support solution for urban water supply and distribution. Integrating live SCADA data with a calibrated hydraulic model, OpenFlows WaterOPS computes real-time conditions throughout water networks, based on existing conditions and forecasted future conditions. OpenFlows WaterOPS empowers water utilities to instantaneously gain better visibility into dark data between monitored locations, predict future performance, and react to events and emergencies.
The OPTISONIC 7300 is a universal 2-path ultrasonic gas flowmeter for process and utility gas measurements in oil and gas refineries or the chemical or petrochemical industries. It is also suitable for non-custody transfer natural gas applications or applications with (compressed) air, mixed or flue gases (up to +180°C / +356°F). Using the transit time differential measuring principle, the OPTISONIC 7300 delivers high performance over a wide flow range (up to DN600 / 24", turndown ratio: 100:1). Its patented titanium transducers are perfectly focused, equalizing process fluctuations and avoiding acoustic feedback.
The OPTISONIC 6300 is an ultrasonic clamp-on flowmeter for permanent mount installation. It is particularly suitable for flow measurement of (non-)conductive liquids at any location where inline measurement is not possible or desirable. The flowmeter consists of a combination of one or two clamp-on sensors and one ultrasonic signal converter. Its robust clamp-on rail is highly flexible and can be very easily attached to virtually any pipe up to DN4000 / 160".
WASTEWATER INSTRUMENTATION PODCASTS
Installing flow meters in new piping is one thing. Replacing a 20-year-old meter or adding new metering to piping where it never existed before is quite another. In this Water Talk interview, Cheryl Ades Anspach, marketing manager with Badger Meter, offers a non-invasive alternative using easily retrofittable clamp-on ultrasonic meters offering accuracy to + 0.5 percent and flow rates to 33,000 gpm in pipes up to 48” diameter. Two palm-sized rail-mounted transducers provide simpler, more affordable installation than having to shut down or cut into a live pipeline or bring in heavy equipment to install a full-bore mag meter. Built-in datalogging backup (8 GB) with time-date stamp granularity down to one second provides ample opportunity for detailed flow analysis.
Everyone wants peak accuracy from their instrumentation, but nobody wants to disrupt their field process to verify it. Purvang Upadhyay, the global water industry manager for measurement and analytics with ABB, shared an attractive alternative to such disruption with the Water Talk moderators at WEFTEC 2019 — in-situ verification. This classic example of digitalization in the water industry enables users to check the health and accuracy of an electromagnetic flow meter against a digital ‘fingerprint’ of that meter’s performance the day it was originally calibrated or installed.
With all the permutations of flow and instrument readings in water and wastewater treatment operations, having the foresight to optimize responses to changing conditions is a challenge. In this Water Talk session, Ari Opdahl, senior product manager with Bentley Systems, offers a better way to manage tools, people, and resources to achieve desired outcomes. Digital-twin technology helps utilities mirror and simulate water-system conditions and performance accurately to model and test better quality-of-life outcomes. Those include closing the infrastructure gap, refining insights from a tsunami of data, and balancing operating concerns ranging from water scarcity and aging infrastructure to rising operating costs and an aging workforce.
One of the most perplexing challenges for wastewater plant operators is the need to measure the various sources of influent. This is especially true for closed-pipe systems where the use of traditional flow devices requires intensive and expensive engineering to keep the pipe full at the point of measurement.
The advantage in the growth of digital technology and Internet of Things (IoT) accessibility for water/wastewater applications is the depth and breadth of information available at a utility’s fingertips. The challenge is utilizing all that data in a convenient, comprehensive way. Mahesh Lunani, CEO of Aquasight, shares insights on digital solutions to that challenge, even in the face of a changing workforce. He describes a better way to integrate data from various siloed systems — SCADA, laboratories, smart meters, hydraulic models, GIS systems, etc. — and troubleshoot problems ranging from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to water-loss and water-quality issues. Best of all, he relates it in the context of WEFTEC’s changing focus from wastewater treatment to water resource recovery.
Instruments that deliver only one measurement point are achieving just a fraction of their potential, according to Ryan Williams. That is why smart technology is the essence of this Water Talk discussion with him and his Endress+Hauser associate Alan Vance. It explores how digitalization can elevate the role of instrumentation systems or independent flow, level, pressure, and temperature sensors to make utility managers and maintenance crews more productive than ever. Opportunities range from an electromagnetic flow meter with zero straight-pipe-run requirements, to self-diagnosing instruments, to remote-access monitoring and control, to predictive analytics for the newest members of the utility workforce.
Do your eyes glaze over when the words "smart water" or "intelligent water" are mentioned? If so, a new collaborative paper between Arcadis and Bluefield Research may be your antidote. First, learn the who, what, where, and why from Jim Cooper, the Intelligent Water Lead for Arcadis, in this Water Talk interview.
Big Data is on the minds and lips of many water system managers, but how many utilities are actually utilizing it? Jason Carter, the Water Utility Innovation Leader at Arcadis, notes that the water industry is a bit behind, but he also sees a clear path forward — one where Big Data plays a central role in operations and, consequently, newfound efficiencies.
WASTEWATER INSTRUMENTATION
Process instruments are used widely in water and wastewater treatment plants to monitor the effluent quality. However, their applications are not limited to monitoring effluent quality. These water and wastewater quality monitoring devices can be applied throughout the network of collection, treatment, and disposal
Instrumentation can give guarantee of proficient treatment processes of water quality parameters such as turbidity, pH, ORP, conductivity and dissolved oxygen. Instrumentation is done in the following aspects.
- Flow measurement
- Stage /Level measurement
- Physical and chemical water quality measurement
- Biological water quality measurement
- Water sediment and biota samplers
- Data storage and management
Measurement Techniques include, Gravimetric analysis or, simply, weighing, Colorimetry or spectrophotometry, Titration, and Mass Spectrometry:
Platforms on which instrumentation can be carried out include
- Stationary vertical profilers – Used for in situ sampling.
- Flow-through systems -Most research ships have built-in flow-through systems that constantly circulate water collected a few meters from the surface.
- Towed vehicles- towed vehicle such a system is able to provide a continuous series of data points for remote sensing applications where transect lines can follow the flight paths of a remote sensor.
- Moored platforms - These stationary, or Eulerian, platforms offer data streams synoptically that match with satellite-based imagers.
- Automated underwater vehicles - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) afford their own propulsion there by allowing high-resolution sampling of the ocean’s interior in multiple directions.
Some of the instruments used in water management are:
- Pressure Transmitters
- General Service Gauges
- Pressure Regulators
- Digital Panel Meters
- Process Calibrators
- Thermometers
- Differential Pressure Gauge and Switches
- Multi-Point Thermocouple Displays
- HART Calibrator/Communicator
WASTEWATER INSTRUMENTATION VIDEOS
Rob Gledhill, President and CEO of Blue-White, speaks about the company’s various offerings from chemical metering pumps (diaphragm, peristaltic), to flowmeters (variable-area, paddlewheel, ultrasonic), and water treatment accessories.
Swan Analytical provided trusted online analyzers across a broad range of industries for key water quality parameters. Founded in Switzerland in 1991, Swan now brings Swiss quality and innovation to satisfied customers worldwide.
Hydraulic modelers, planners, and operators can use a network model to test variations in operational strategy, tactics, and emergency protocols in a risk-free way. Identify safe, effective options to address pipe bursts, power outages, fires, and other urgent events.
OpenFlows WaterOPS is a real-time operational and optioneering decision support solution for urban water supply and distribution. Integrating live SCADA data with a calibrated hydraulic model, OpenFlows WaterOPS computes real-time conditions throughout water networks, based on existing conditions and forecasted future conditions.
Trending issues require innovative solutions, and KROHNE is here — in the marketplace, at WEFTEC, and on video — to help water professionals overcome their toughest challenges. Tune in below for Richard Lowrie, Water and Wastewater Industry Manager for KROHNE, as he presents two cases in point: the TIDALFLEX flow meter and the OPTIWAVE 1400 radar level transmitter. The former performs accurate measurement in partially filled pipes — down to 10 percent — which is especially useful for stormwater/combined sewer overflow (CSO) applications, while the latter is a new offering that provides continuous, non-contact level measurement in tanks, pumping stations, and open channels. Learn the unique properties and benefits of each, and how they can update and improve your operations.
Collecting data isn't particularly hard, but extracting value from it can be. Many water operations are awash with sensors, instruments, and software, but fail to get actionable insight due to data streams that are unreliable, nonintegrated, or lack analysis. Hach helps utilities and industries make sense of data through Claros, a water intelligence system that provides efficiency, cost savings, and security by collecting and interpreting data and give clear direction for operators. In this video, Sam Utley, Software Application Development Manager for Hach, describes the Claros system's capabilities and how they can be leveraged to overcome pressing water challenges.
WATER INSTRUMENTATION SUPPLIERS
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![Analytical Instruments For The Oil And Gas Industry]( "ABB Measurement & Analytics")
ABB Measurement & AnalyticsABB is the best partner throughout the entire water cycle. From extraction and treatment, to distribution and the management of the wastewater process, ABB supplies an extensive range of reliable measurement products and solutions. With the most expertise in water and wastewater applications worldwide, ABB is the partner to help customers choose the optimal measurement solution precisely meeting their requirements.
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![Emerson]( "Emerson")
EmersonRosemount Analytical, one of Emerson’s leading process management companies, is the world’s premier supplier of technologies for liquid and combustion analysis, process analysis, gas measurement, and emissions monitoring. With an 80-year legacy of manufacturing liquid and gas analytical products that have revolutionized the process industries, we continue to provide real, quantifiable analytical solutions.
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![Pressure Measurement]( "Endress+Hauser, Inc.")
Endress+Hauser, Inc.Endress+Hauser has more than 50 years of experience in the areas of Municipal Wastewater, Industrial Wastewater, and Portable Water.
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![FLEXIM Americas Corp.]( "FLEXIM Americas Corp.")
FLEXIM Americas Corp.FLEXIM offers the most reliable measurement system for water production, treatment and distribution.
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![GF Piping Systems - Quality Flow and Analytical Products]( "GF Piping Systems")
GF Piping SystemsGeorge Fischer Piping Systems is the sales, marketing and logistics organization for Engineered Piping Systems, Valves and Actuation, and Signet Instrumentation in the Americas. In addition, GFI provides our customers with a wide range of value add capabilities through the Custom Products group
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![Hach Company - analytical instruments and reagents used to test aqueous solutions]( "Hach")
HachFor more than 60 years, Hach has been at the crest of the industry - finding solutions that help you best manage your water. Our analytical instruments and reagents are used to test the quality of water in a variety of industries and markets - from around the corner, to around the globe.
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![JCS Industries, Inc.]( "JCS Industries Inc.")
JCS Industries Inc.JCS Industries, Inc. was founded in 2002 as a product development company charged with developing an alternative to the current vacuum feed liquid doser technology for a worldwide manufacturer of water and waste treatment equipment. After one year of design and two years of beta testing, JCS developed the Model 4100 Automatic Vacuum Liquid Feeder.
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![KROHNE, Inc.- The Level and Flow Company]( "KROHNE, Inc.")
KROHNE, Inc.We are committed to providing you with KROHNE's 83+ years of flow and level measurement expertise at your facility.
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![Myron L Company - Water Quality Control and Instrumentation]( "Myron L Company")
Myron L CompanyThe Myron L Company, originally founded in 1957 as a Research and Development company, is a privately owned and operated California Corporation
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![Real Tech Inc. - Providing Real Organic Testing Solutions]( "Real Tech Inc.")
Real Tech Inc.Real Tech is bringing intelligence to water with a comprehensive line of water quality monitoring instruments and custom software analytics. We detect and predict a wide array of water quality parameters and compounds in real-time including UVT, UV254, TOC, DOC, COD, BOD, TSS, turbidity, nitrate, nitrite, algae, permanganate, chromium, colour, dyes, BTEX, oil in water, surfactants, black liquor, pH/ORP, DO, conductivity and so much more.
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![Severn Trent Services, Inc.: Water and Wastewater Treatment Solutions]( "De Nora")
De NoraDe Nora Water Technologies is a leading supplier of water and wastewater treatment solutions. We provide our clients with some of the industry’s brightest minds, advanced technologies, and quality products to provide you with truly efficient, cost-effective solutions to your water and wastewater challenges
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![Evoqua]( "Evoqua Water Technologies")
Evoqua Water TechnologiesEvoqua Water Technologies, formerly Siemens Water Technologies, is a leader in water and wastewater treatment products, systems and services for industrial and municipal customers. We offer a wide range of proven product brands and advanced water and wastewater treatment technologies, mobile and emergency water supply solutions and service contract options.
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![Swan Analytical]( "Swan Analytical USA")
Swan Analytical USASwan Analytical Instruments is a leading manufacturer of high quality on-line analytical instruments for water analysis in applications such as high purity water, steam, condensate, cooling water, potable water, and effluent.
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![Thermo Scientific Water Analysis Instruments]( "Thermo Scientific")
Thermo ScientificThermo Fisher Scientific offers a full range of water analysis instruments from pH, ISE, conductivity and dissolved oxygen meters, electrodes and solutions, to colorimetry, titration and on-line process monitors.
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![Trihedral Engineering Limited - Computer Software for SCADA and HMI Applications]( "Trihedral Engineering Limited")
Trihedral Engineering LimitedTrihedral is recognized as a leading manufacturer of computer software for SCADA and HMI applications, particularly in the water & wastewater industry. The worldwide appeal of our software is demonstrated by a large and satisfied customer base spanning six continents.
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![Logo_WRT-Final_NEW COLOR_Matches Loprest_R0G93B171]( "WRT - Water Remediation Technology")
WRT - Water Remediation TechnologyWRT provides effective processes for removing radium, uranium and other contaminants from water. Our complete package of services includes process equipment, proprietary treatment media, safe exchange of media, and proper handling and disposal of used media
