WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• Top Three Water System Inefficiencies You Can Address Today With Better Insights From Your Data

  As utilities continue to innovate and pursue the digitalization of water distribution and wastewater systems, new water tech can lead the way in addressing operational inefficiencies.

• 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.

• Overcoming Water Scarcity Challenges On Providenciales Island

  The residents and industries of Providenciales Island are completely dependent on fresh water produced by a single desalination plant. In 2007, ITT Flowtronex was hired to replace the plant’s overworked pumping system and add a booster pumping station to the distribution system. One of the challenges they faced in designing controls for the system was how to maintain the public water supply while the island’s undersized ground water storage tanks were removed and replaced with a large single tank in the same location, a three to four month process. By Richard Embry and Christopher Little

• The Inevitability Of Digitalization

  The digital transformation of the water sector may trail other industries, but it will happen nonetheless — bringing with it tremendous benefits and opportunities.

• The Great Flood And Future Predictions

  Did you know that the earliest recorded flood is that of the Great Flood detailed in Christian Bibles, the Torah, and the Quran? I was, therefore, amused to hear from a channel partner about a flow monitoring job in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, at the foot of Mount Ararat. Why? Because Mount Ararat is cited as the place where Noah’s Ark came to rest after the Great Flood (Genesis 8:4).

• Region Of Waterloo Streamlines Water System To Ensure Highest Quality

  The Regional Municipality of Waterloo’s Water Services department is working with GrayMatter, a GE Digital partner, to develop and implement an iFIX SCADA upgrade program designed to modernize the Region’s infrastructure and operating methods. In some cases, equipment manufacturers have phased out hardware or software. Other systems lacked industry-standard features or the ability to leverage best practices from industry standards bodies such as ISA. The Region pursued the project to maintain or improve regulatory compliance and provide water that meets the highest quality standards for its service area.

• Unlocking The True Value Of Smart Sensing Devices Through Digitalization

  By 2020, the number of connected things will triple from 6 billion to 20 billion. Digitalization is creating new business opportunities and alternative business models.

• Precision Vs. Recall For Predicting Service Line Materials

  Consider what makes a "good" prediction and the choice to be made between the prioritization of precision and recall. 

• Why A Little Knowledge About Sensors Can Be A Dangerous Thing

  Every day our technical support people answer questions on the selection of sensors for pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. No issue generates more confusion than cell constants for conductivity sensors. The vast majority of returns we process are for conductivity sensors that were ordered with the wrong cell constant. It turns out that cell constants are something that we all read but that most of us don’t really understand. Pick the wrong cell constant for a probe and your analyzer will happily give you numbers to 3 significant digits. The only problem is those numbers are wrong. By Mark Spencer, President, Water Analytics

• Should You Trash Your Flow Meter?

  Generally speaking, market research reports aren’t terribly exciting reads, but they are at times enlightening. Studies on how specific technologies are being applied can reveal trends for the industries they serve — for example, flow meters in water and wastewater. I recently came across some interesting analysis on the subject, homing in on what they reveal about our corner of the world.