The Clean Water Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take salt discharge into our water seriously. They have developed water quality standards to protect our water resources from high concentrations of chlorides and other salty parameters. And eventually, everyone will have to comply with these standards.
Would you drink reused sewage water that had been declared safe? No? You're not alone. Engineers say processing wastewater to make it clean and drinkable can provide a plentiful source for places where water is in short supply. But the public often balks at the thought. The reason, experts say, is a phenomenon called psychological contagion.
When we think of wastewater, we usually think of sewage. However, it also includes used domestic water from showers, disposals, washers, and sinks.
Innovative solutions can help Asian cities and communities leapfrog wastewater management challenges.
Despite its name, wastewater is a critical type of water that must be understood regardless of the source of discharge because freshwater is a limited resource on this planet. As municipalities and wastewater treatment plants grapple with needing to do more with less resources — and major concerns when it comes to
Is the Murfreesboro water treatment plant big enough to support the purposed new growth?
Conserving water in drought areas actually makes treating wastewater more difficult.
"...Sure, wastewater sounds questionable, but I can assure you it's just a description, not the product."
What is wastewater treatment and why does it matter? In our latest post, learn how wastewater treatment works.
Wastewater Dan highlights five key trends that industrial water & wastewater managers need to know.
Wastewater occurs when tainted water is released back into the environment. It can compromise the quality of soil and water supplies if it is not detected and cleaned. Discover more about what is...
If you manage a wastewater treatment plant, you already know it’s time to get serious about climate change. Utilities are under pressure to deliver more with less, especially when it comes to energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Whether your forecast calls for intense droughts or storm clouds ahead, the silver lining is that plenty of solutions are readily available.
Understand the purification system that turns our waste water into drinking water and how safe it is to consume.
It’s common for wastewater treatment plant operators and design engineers to get comfortable with one type of blower for aeration. However, multiple blower technologies are available to consider when designing a new system. Understanding the difference between them, as well as the pros and cons of each based on the specific application, is critical to the decision-making process.
Polymers used in wastewater treatment represent one of the most expensive operating costs for municipalities. By providing an optimal environment for the activation of these polymers, plants can improve efficiency by as much as 20 percent or more. At the same time, drinking water plant managers face enormous pressure to control the disinfection residual. In this Water Talk interview, Matt Boeh, director of sales for UGSI…
In this article, we will discuss what phosphorus is, the effects of elevated phosphorus levels on an ecosystem, and how innovative electrocoagulation technology can be sustainably used for effective phosphorus removal in wastewater and water sources.
A recent survey has found that energy costs can represent 25 to 30 percent of total operation costs for water and wastewater utilities, but that some companies are making substantial progress in improving their energy and water efficiency.
Trends include: decreased groundwater pumping, infrastructure improvements, advanced water reuse technologies and large-scale seawater desalination.
Nature has the ability to cope with small amounts of water pollution, but would be overwhelmed if billions of gallons of wastewater and se...
Technology is constantly evolving and changing to meet the needs of humanity, and one of those needs is for clean water. The water treatment industry is always researching, testing, and developing new and improved ways in which to treat wastewater and drinking water in ways that are both efficient and environmentally friendly. Zeolite water filtration media is a sustainable, natural treatment solution for drinking water, grey water, and wastewater treatment.
DNA sequencing can provide more information on water and wastewater than traditional methods. Is it time for treatment operations to adopt the method?