Enhancing Your Utilitys Competitive Edge by Incorporating Sustainability
For utility managers, sustainability is often viewed as a trade-off between long-term and short-term planning with unfavorable budget impacts. However,…
Enhancing Copper Removal in Secondary Treatment by Chemical Addition
Chemical addition was tested for enhancing copper removal in the University of California, Davis (UCD) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Wastewater…
Engineering Excellence Returns Low-cost Solution and Hits Jackpot
A comprehensive capacity assessment was conducted of the liquid treatment train at the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District’s (District) wastewater…
Effects of Sludge Properties on the Thickening and Dewatering of Waste Activated Sludge
ABSTRACT: The thickening and dewatering of waste activated sludge (WAS) from a pilotscale submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) and two bench-scale…
Dude, Where's My Pipe-Accelerated Corrosion Rate Threatens Phoenix Sewers
The City of Phoenix has installed over 40 miles of unlined concrete sewers ranging in size from 24- to 90-inches…
Don't Just Scratch the Surface! Preparing a Proactive Plan for Community Outreach on Deep Tunnels.
This paper discusses implementation of the LOTT Wastewater Resource Management Plan (Brown and Caldwell, 1998) from planning through finance and…
DOING MORE WITH LESS – UNLOCKING CAPACITY
After almost fifty years of service, the City of Ukiah’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) began to show indications it was…
Developing Equitable Stormwater Fees
When a city turns to billed stormwater fees in support of a new stormwater program, the issue of fairness will…
DEVELOPING CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS AND IMPLEMENTING THOSE STANDARDS AT AN EXISTING PLANT
The King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks, Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD), provides wastewater conveyance and treatment services to…
Determine the Affect of Individual Wastewater Characteristices and Variances on Primary Clarifier Performance
The Water Environment Research Foundation sponsored a project to investigate the affect of various wastewater characteristics on primary clarifier performance…
Dealing with Fog: a Problem or Opportunity?
In recent years there has been growing concern for sewer collection system capacity management (CMOM) and the prevention of sewer…
Coprecipitation Removes Trace Metals
Treating wastewater to protect the public and environment from pollutants has become an important issue for regulators and utilities. Reflecting…