MORE WATER INDUSTRY FEATURES

• Automating Backup: Opportunities & Best Practices

  You already know that backing up your organization’s data isn’t a nice-to-have, it’s a need-to-have. The external threats alone warrant this. You could be one of the 50% of all organizations operating a data center that can’t withstand, or is unable to operate after, a natural disaster. Or, you could be one of the 39% of global organizations that experienced a ransomware attack in recent months.

• Denver Water Enhances Operations And Water Quality Studies With Live Modeling

  Denver Water serves 1.4 million people in the city of Denver and the surrounding suburbs. It is the largest — and oldest — water utility in the state of Colorado and its service area covers more than 335 square miles.

• Calgon Carbon Initiates Emergency Response To PFAS Detection

  Blades, Delaware, a small town in Sussex County, provides drinking water to more than 1,300 residential and business locations throughout the community. In 1981, the citizens of Blades voted to improve their water and sewage facilities by establishing a central water supply and tying all properties into the nearby Seaford Sewer System. By February of 1982, the project was complete and since then the town has had a clean and safe municipal water supply.

• Mapping Assets For Resilience And Response In Emergencies

  Among utilities concerned about resilience and response in natural disasters or other emergencies, precise asset inventory and mapping are high priorities. In truth, there is value in having the same information for everyday purposes as well. For anyone who has ever had a problem locating or tracking key water or wastewater system assets, here are several good reasons and ways to avoid a last-minute scramble.

• De Nora's New Direction

  There is a lot to be excited about at De Nora lately. The recent acquisitions of two new companies is just part of the story, told in this video by Mirka Wilderer, CEO of De Nora Water Technologies. Wilderer is key to the wave of developments, as she only recently took the CEO mantle. Along with an introduction, this video from WEFTEC 2019 offers insight into trends and challenges facing the water/wastewater industry, including the most problematic contaminants and the ongoing struggle to update infrastructure. Potential solutions, as well as the roadblocks and drivers that can impact industry progress, are also identified.

• Solving Problems More Effectively Than Sherlock Holmes: The Contradiction Matrix

  This is the fourth article in a five-part series on better investigation and problem-solving methods and principles in the life sciences. In writing this one, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Sherlock Holmes. Not only his exquisite methods, but also flaws in the metacognition and metaphilosophy about how the fictitious detective underwent his work.

• MSPs: Your Security Vendor Should Integrate With More Than Just Your RMM And PSA

  For many MSPs, integrating their security solution with their remote monitoring and management (RMM) and professional service automation (PSA) platforms is essential for doing business. Together, these platforms help lower the cost of keeping up with each client, ensuring profitable margins for a healthy, growing business.

• How X-Ray Inspection Improves Safety, Mitigates Risks, And Boosts Compliance

  Updated FDA guidelines present new risks and challenges for food manufacturers. Fortunately, X-ray inspection offers manufacturers an effective and scalable way to proactively mitigate risk. Find out how.

• Nordic City Gains Valuable Condition Data With Proactive Approach To Reducing NRW

  Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest city after Stockholm, located between Oslo and Copenhagen in a low-lying estuary area near the Gota River, the primary source of drinking water for the port city. The City’s Sustainable Waste and Water Department serves a population of over 500,000, and manages 1750 km of potable water pipeline.

• Know Your Options For Mag Meter Installation Cost, Care, And Calibration

  Electromagnetic meters (mag meters) are well established in terms of highly accurate performance for a variety of municipal and industrial water applications. Differences in their construction formats, however, dictate how easy they can be to install, maintain, and calibrate. Compare these three options to see the value of full-profile-insertion (FPI) mag meters and their associated advantages in real-world use.

• Peaking Factors And Hydraulics In Wastewater Screen Sizing

  Dealing with fine particulate matter, nutrients, and pathogens is essential for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) striving to meet Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent standards. Before that stage, however, come important considerations about removing larger debris that can clog pumps, overload clarifiers, or disrupt other downstream processes — especially during periods of elevated flow and debris loading.

• Climate Change And Nutrients: Forewarned Is Forearmed

  Rising temperatures and precipitation combined with increasing nutrient runoff from human activity are elevating challenges in water treatment efforts. In some cases, that means increased threats to drinking water quality. In others, it means increasingly stringent nutrient discharge levels. Either way, taking the nutrient monitoring battle out to the field can help in waging a better fight at the treatment plant.

• A Guide To Selecting UV Technology For Drinking Water Disinfection

  Selecting the proper lamps to perform disinfection, either low pressure or medium pressure, is at the core of an effective and economical UV implementation. The problem is that a lingering misconception that low pressure is a better choice simply because it is more energy efficient typically sends decision-makers down the wrong path.

• Achieving Level Pressure At Challenging Points In Distribution Systems

  When drinking water leaves a treatment plant through giant pipes, with the help of huge pumps, the pressure can exceed 200 psi. The high pressure is a necessity because water must travel a long distance in some cases. Water towers scattered throughout the distribution system aid in the process so it can reach all utility customers. The problem is that not all distribution points in a water system are created equal.

• Flexible Rental Solutions Fulfill Food And Beverage Air Demands

  Some food and beverage operations have been resigned to accepting downtime due to blower failure as inevitable. Now, with variable-frequency-drive (VFD)-controlled blowers available for rent as self-contained, skid-mounted systems, there’s no longer a need to tolerate unexpected, costly downtime or disruptions to ongoing operations.

• What Is The Best Way To Manufacture Lentiviral Vectors For Cell And Gene Therapies?

  In the field of cell and gene therapy, there are two main types of viral vectors: adeno associated virus (AAV) and Lentivirus (LV). The manufacture of these vectors is dependent on the regulatory requirements dictated by its end use. This blog outlines the challenges for optimization of scaled-up LV manufacturing processes and new technologies being used to solve these challenges.

• Meeting Food Retailers’ Requirements Through X-Ray Inspection

  Food regulations are deepening and so is the authority regulators have in the marketplace. However, the right X-ray inspection system can help you achieve compliance and exceed retailer requirements.

• Is Your Complex Formulation Process Set Up For Success?

  Any company pursuing a drug delivery system that involves a complex formulation must be prepared for the requirements around this type of drug development to achieve successful scale-up.