Here are the most common signs of excessive sludge accumulation and a simple approach to maintain optimal system efficiency and effluent quality.

Norton Engineering has developed an efficient and cost-effective solution to finally get these illegal, outdated connections eliminated.

In just the first two years of operation, the Water Reclamation Facility in the City of Middletown, Ohio, installed a highly efficient decanter that reduced production time by two days a week, increased efficiency, and saves thousands of litres of chemicals per year.

A collaboration between operators, ATAP trainers, and government staff results in the creation of a tailored plan which aids operators in acquiring certification.

Engineers hold the potential to shape a sustainable future through their decisions and influence.

Many treatment plants have narrow spaces everywhere, such as those commonly found at pump stations or around digester tanks.

In order to ensure the highest quality water, DPR systems often use ultrafiltration membranes in place of a tertiary wastewater treatment, or as a pretreatment before storage.

A third-party audit of the composting facility’s system in summer 2023 revealed that ongoing modifications may have eventually compromised aspects of the GORE system.

Property owners and energy developers in Toronto can use an existing online map to determine whether a sewer is in the vicinity of their site for a wastewater energy project.

Overall, results show a reduction in chloride levels between 66% to 93% when comparing water samples from the inlet and outlet of the wetland.

Wastewater pipelines are often buried underground in urban areas, but Edmonton’s system features a unique design and construction. The 900-millimeter-diameter sanitary sewer line crosses Whitemud Creek on a 232-metre length and 30-metre high self-supported pipe, referred to as “Trestle 7.”

The Ontario-based specialized equipment rental company’s milestone anniversary highlights a track record of reliability and a reputation for a personal touch from founder Kevin Bailey and his LimeGREEN team, who have also heard a lot of “thank yous” over their first decade in business.

When Dr. Jinkai Xue, principal investigator at the University of Regina’s Cold-Region Water Resource Recovery Laboratory, and an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, learned that the nearby Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant was spending upwards of $1 million annually to transport and landfill water treatment residual stored in on-site lagoons, he set up a meeting with plant management to explore innovative reuse solutions that not only promised substantial cost savings but could significantly diminish the plant’s environmental footprint.

Selecting stormwater control measures (SCM) for nutrient removal can be complicated given the number of different parameters contributing to nutrient pollution and that specific SCMs are known to export nutrients. Combined with multiple pollutants of concern for waterbodies, it is important to know which nutrients are impacting a receiving waterbody and review data from the International Best Management Practices Database to select SCMs that will address nutrient loads as well as other loadings.

Many, many years ago, I attended my first OWWA conference and noticed that a significant number of attendees had also been at the WEAO conference. So, I asked, “why in Ontario were there two separate water and wastewater associations?” For the rest of Canada, associations included both water and wastewater members. Due to this year being the first time that OWWA and WEAO have held their conferences together, I was recently asked this same question at an association meeting. My impromptu answer, based on what I could remember was, “it’s complicated.”

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