RECOVERY OF ALGAE FROM POND TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Waste Stabilization Ponds are used extensively for sewage treatment in moderate and tropical climates, and represent one of the most cost-effective, reliable and easily operated processes for the...
View ArticleOptimizing Energy Harvest in Wastewater Treatment Using Hydrogen Producing...
Two clean technologies, namely, “Anaerobic hydrogen production” and “Microbial fuel cells (MFC)”, hold great potential for producing energy from wastewater, which can provide economic and environmental...
View ArticleImproving Nutrient Removal While Reducing Carbon Footprint at Three Swiss...
Aeration consumes about 60% of the total energy of a WWTP and therefore makes up for a major part of its carbon footprint. Introducing advanced process control can help plants to reduce their carbon...
View ArticleIntegrated Approach to Biosolids Management for a Utility with Multiple Small...
To assure that Polk County Utilities (PCU) is ready for coming changes in regulations and ever increasing solids production from ten treatment facilities geographically dispersed throughout the County,...
View ArticleSPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY’S EXPANDED COMPOSTING FACILITY APPLIES AERATED STATIC...
Spotsylvania County embarked up an aerated static pile composting program in 2002 to manage undigested dewatered wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) residuals cake from their Massaponax WWTP in...
View ArticleDevelopment Criteria in the Age of Sustainability – DC Water’s New Paradigm...
The DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) is implementing new sludge and biosolids processing facilites at the 1.4 million cubic meters/day (370 million gallons per day [mgd]) Blue Plains Advanced...
View ArticleSelection of a Solids Management Plan to Meet a Sewerage District’s Vision of...
The Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District (GBMSD) is a public utility, established in 1931, that reclaims 38 million gallons of wastewater per day at two treatment facilities in Green Bay and De...
View ArticleDecentralized Membrane Bioreactors for Water Reuse in Paulding County, Georgia
Before the recession, Metro Atlanta and its surrounding counties were one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. In order to reduce the impact of treatment plant discharges on its limited...
View ArticleConverting Residuals To Reuse: Taking Aeration Out Of Oxidation
Aeration accounts for up to 60% of the total energy required for a typical activated sludge wastewater plant. A new process was developed that decreases aeration demand during secondary wastewater...
View ArticleSolar Drying of Biosolids – Recent Experiences in Large Installations
The conversion of raw sewage sludge into valuable biosolids for beneficial reuse requires a suitable pre-treatment process. However, traditional technologies are causing high investment costs,...
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