WASTEWATER MEASUREMENT RESOURCES

• SWAN Corner: Distributed Monitoring Unlocks The Value Of Data, Delivers Quality And Accuracy

  Raw sewage enters our rivers, lakes, and oceans at an alarming volume and frequency. This is a problem faced around the world. In some locations, great strides are being made to tackle this through infrastructure investment, often as a result of public and regulatory pressure, and because we all know that we need to do better.

• Moneyball For Water And Wastewater Treatment

  The movie and sports term has infiltrated the business world and has important implications for the water/wastewater industry.

• 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

• Albuquerque Water Utility Eases The Pressure On System Performance With Xylem Technology

  Explore how the Sensus Pressure Profile Software Application saved time and resources for an Albuquerque Water Utility. 

• Understanding Big Data In The Water Industry

  If you feel like you have too much data but not enough understandable or usable information, fine-tuning data collection and funneling it into an integrated data management system may be the way to become more proactive and make better decisions.

• Level Measurement Showdown: Ultrasonic Vs. Radar

   In the level measurement world, there is a rivalry between the two most commonly used measurement instruments: ultrasonic, which uses sound-based measurement, and radar, which uses high-frequency electromagnetic waves to determine distance.

• Sensing The Future: Water Technology's 'Holy Grail'

  Real-time contaminant detection, featuring a network of sensors throughout the distribution network, is poised to revolutionize the water industry.

• Odor Patrol: Study Identifies Odor Culprits At San Fran Wastewater Facility

  The Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (SEP) is San Francisco’s largest and oldest wastewater facility. The plant is located in the midst of a mixed industrial, commercial, and residential area, with many of the plant neighbors directly across the street from the plant fence line. Odor emissions have historically been an issue.

• Forecasting The Top 5 Water Trends In 2016

  As the dawn of 2016 emerges and we look forward to the year ahead, it’s instructive to engage in a little prognostication.

• Los Angeles Department Of Water And Power Uses GIS To Improve Water Incident Management

  While utilities use sophisticated systems to supply clean water as well as collect and treat wastewater, the effort to manage incidents and outages leaves room for improvement. Water utilities often rely on manual processes to handle customer reports of leaks, loss-of-service or quality issues.