WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• COVID-19 And Wastewater Utilities

  Today, the world is facing unprecedented circumstances that are affecting every single sector and the water service is no exception. Although there is still more research to be done, this article has collected the currently available information to highlight how wastewater utilities have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, this article will attempt to look at the outbreak’s impact on utilities, the potential hazards, and the predominant solution.

• How Industry Is Leveraging Remote Wastewater Services To Improve Operations

  Remote wastewater services offer numerous benefits across various industries, enhancing cost efficiency and environmental sustainability. What follows are some real-world examples of industries utilizing these services.
• Water Treatment Plant Data Management Improved With Opworks Web-Based Program

  The City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota recently updated its data management processes at the water treatment plant, with a goal of increased efficiency for everyone from operators to management. The Eden Prairie Water Treatment Plant draws from a groundwater supply to serve a population of 63,000 people, with a total of 18,000 water user connections. The plant primarily uses lime softening for treatment.   

• Generational Thinking In Water Management

  Kansas City’s Smart Sewer program represents the nation’s first federal consent decree to include green infrastructure solutions in the reduction of wastewater overflows, as well as the city’s largest infrastructure investment to date. Projects that include the words “first” and “largest” do not come along without the strong leadership of a “Water Champion” such as Special Assistant City Manager Andy Shively, PE, who shares his experience and expertise in this Q&A.

• Automation 101: The Dangers Of Hand/Off/Auto

  When we automate we invariably offer our clients and their operations staff the benefit of Hand/Off/Auto functionality for all the components on our systems. To those new to automation it allows an operator or maintenance worker to remove a piece of equipment, like a pump or blower for example, from the oversight and control automated controller (MCC, PLC, etc.) and operate it manually while it is still installed.

• BPM Of Things: Secure Your Success In Digital Transformation

  Business process management (BPM) has proven extremely successful in managing both gradual and radical improvements in the industry and various business functions. While digitization brings incredible new opportunities, it also brings the distinctive challenge of correctly positioning and scoping BPM in organizations.

• Smart Water Questions Answered

  A smart-water expert details the impact of data and analytics on the water sector.

• PPCPs: Preparing For An Uncertain Regulatory Future

  As regulations tighten and technology evolves, monitoring and removing pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from wastewater streams becomes more complex. A laboratory information management system (LIMS) may be the key to managing this complexity.

• InfoWorks ICM Does It For Texas Utilities

  Two wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in Texas needed hydraulic model assessments. Plant managers needed to ensure their facilities could maintain water flows running at their current capacity and determine whether or not improvements were required. Here are the modeling challenges Freese and Nichols successfully overcome using InfoWorks ICM, ultimately providing finer plans and options for their clients to make confident choices

• Valve Upgrades Reduce The Number Of Corrective Work Orders By 99%

  A water treatment plant was using conventional electric actuators on valves across the facility, including the modulating Filter Effluent applications. A history of actuator problems prompted plant personnel to consider replacements.