WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• Math Solutions: Simulating Jar Test Results

  Water Online’s “Math Solutions” series, presented by wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”), instructs operators on specific math solutions for operator certification exam preparation.

• Water Service Provider In Melbourne Finds Success In Transparent Asset Management Optimization For Mains Renewal Program

  City West Water teamed with WSP and Optimatics to determine a least cost and least-risk renewal program for ageing distribution mains supplying inner Melbourne, Australia. The optimization of the inner Melbourne distribution mains was carried out to determine an optimized pipe renewal strategy that minimizes pipe renewal costs and future risk (including probability and consequence of asset failures) while ensuring service performance standards are maintained.

• How Kansas City, MO Optimized Overflow Control For 10 Basins In 3 Months And At Almost Half The Cost Of Original Plan

  Kansas City, Missouri (KCMO) was updating their Overflow Control Plan as part of a federal consent decree with the aim to reduce the frequency and severity of combined and sanitary system overflows during wet weather events. KCMO needed to quickly find the most efficient, cost-effective way to reach compliance and serve their 478 000 residents. They partnered with Optimatics and EmNet leveraging the Optimizer platform to identify the best combinations of conveyance, in line storage, and I/I reduction strategies to achieve their program goals at the lowest lifecycle cost.

• InfoAsset Planner Helps The Largest US Water And Wastewater Utility Save 10% A Year

  Large utilities need to maintain high levels of service when it comes to water and wastewater systems. If they do not they risk failures, fines, and costly reactive maintenance. This specific organization was looking to find a solution that could improve decision support models and monitoring data integrity.

• Simulating A Cure For Brain Drain

  Much has been made of the gap in knowledge to come when the water industry’s aging workforce reaches retirement. With advances in simulation training software capable of getting new employees familiar with plant processes, it may be an analog fear in the digital world.

• Igudan's Water Reuse System Saves Millions In Irrigation Costs

  Learn how a WWTP overcame the challenge of encountering unidentified wastewater events from unknown sources that impact its processes.

• Best Practices For Flow Meter Calibration

  Get to know the basics, best practices, and importance of flow meter calibration from an industry expert.

• How A 'Smart' City Improves Life For Residents, Visitors, And Business

  Cities that champion infrastructure improvements and embrace connectivity are well on their way to attracting today’s citizens and encouraging growth. Here’s a look at the benefits a smart city provides for its residents, workforce, and visitors.

• Macao Water Reduces Planned Costs & Risk When They Implemented An Optimized Pipe Renewal Program

  Macao Water/SUEZ Asia teamed with Optimatics to optimize the pipe renewal program for the Macao water system, in order to minimize risk and maximize the level of service in the system for a given level of investment.

• The Instrumentation Life-Cycle And Instrumentation Systems Within The UK Water Industry: From Concept To Replacement

  The water industry in the UK faces a turning point in the use of instrumentation with the advent of TOTEX (capital expenditures [CAPEX] + operating expenditures [OPEX]) within the current Asset Management Period, the sixth since it privatized in 1989.