WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• Automation 101: What Are You Really Controlling?

  We build big, shiny, fancy control panels with letters and number after their names like NEMA 4X.

• Ultrasonic Flow Measurement System Saves WWTP $72,500 Annually

  If the wastewater treatment plant serving Reading, PA, and 11 surrounding municipalities has a mission statement for its day-to-day operations, it couldn’t be simpler or more critical: “95°F.”

• 5 Myths About Advanced Analytics: Busted

  Are these common myths keeping your utility from adopting advanced analytics?

• A New Era For Water Management

  Uncertainty is perhaps one of the words that best defines this crisis. We do not know how long it will last, which is the best way to fight it, or what the “new normality” will really be like.

• Automation 101: Curing Automation Myths

  Automation is a wonder and a dark art to most of the world. Even companies who have large amounts of automation within their own facilities often have misconceptions about how it works.

• Abbottstown Retrofitted A Flow-Through System With An AquaSBR® System To Meet Stringent Effluent Requirements

  The Abbottstown-Paradise Joint Sewer Authority was incorporated in 1973 and utilized a continuous flow activated sludge system with an average daily design flow of 0.21 MGD. At that time the plant was only required to reduce total suspended solids (TSS) and effuent ammonia to required levels to serve the area population of about 2000. Due to urban growth and increased storm flow runoffs, the plant was in need of an expansion and upgrade by the late 1990s. 

• Louisiana Wastewater Treatment Facility Benefits From Siemens Product Support

  Learn about a municipal wastewater treatment facility located in Louisiana that was having problems with its clamp-on ultrasonic flow meter, and how the issue was resolved. 

• InfoWater Helps Engineering Firm Achieve 10% In Time Savings

  Engineering firms use hydraulic models to help clients understand their distribution systems. This group was able to resolve critical challenges and modernize operations with the latest technology. 

• Shortcut The Nitrogen Removal Process In Wastewater With UV Sensors

  Nitrite, long disregarded as an insignificant intermediate in the wastewater nitrification process, has recently gained prominence. Research and practice has identified nitrite as the critical variable in newly-developed treatment processes that utilize shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle to more efficiently remove nitrogen from wastewater. By Patrick Higgins

• Navigating Through Uncharted Waters: How SFPUC's Wastewater Enterprise Stepped In To Help With COVID Monitoring

  On February 25, 2020, Mayor London N. Breed declared a local emergency. The legal document put into action the mobilization of City resources, accelerated emergency planning, and staffing to prepare in the event that COVID-19 appeared in the community. Ryan Batjiaka, a Resource Recovery Specialist for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) recalls what it was like the first few days after receiving the news.