Multiple enclosed pumps accommodate the city's capacity for storm events.
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The Valley Forge Sewer Authority system has pumped clog-free and mostly maintenance-free for 14 years.
High-velocity mixing nozzles can add oomph for difficult processing areas.
The University of Idaho built a mobile water treatment platform to demonstrate a scalable, carbon-neutral technology.
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Manufacturers help utilities adapt to a changing environment.
Advanced instrumentation allows municipalities to solve aging infrastructure issues and open a potential new revenue source.
One way that utilities can meet increasing demands from a growing population, is data based automation that makes production more energy efficient. This will cut costs and make production more environmentally friendly.
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces 11 distinguished members as the 2017 WEF Fellows recipients. This prestigious designation recognizes members’ achievements, stature and contributions in the water profession.
If you live in the developed world, safe water is usually just a faucet-turn away. And yet, global warming, drought conditions and population growth in coming decades could change that, ushering in an era of uncertain access to water.
A combined approach to maximize wet weather treatment is the topic of the open access article in the August 2017 edition of Water Environment Research (WER). “In their paper on wet-weather clarifier performance, Daigger et al. introduce a strategy to increase capacity by mitigating the effect of increased solids and hydraulic loading using a step-feed flow regime,” said Tim Ellis, WER editor-in-chief.
These applications highlight how ozone is a flexible treatment method that provides plant operators with an efficient and reliable disinfection solution.
ATLANTA, Georgia -- Burns & McDonnell is expanding its Atlanta engineering, design and construction team to meet the increasing demand for water and wastewater services in the U.S. Southeast.
The company has hired Robert Kisuve, a 14-year veteran consultant and project manager in collection, treatment and distribution systems.
FRANKENTHAL, Germany (April 3, 2017) — KSB has supplied 21 pumps to Emschergenossenschaft for use in the Emscher canal, Europe's largest wastewater project.
5 facts about how a lack of access to clean water is affecting the world
DENVER (March 22, 2017)—Closing the water infrastructure gap in the U.S. would create 1.3 million jobs and spur total economic activity of $220 billion annually, according to an economic impact analysis commissioned by the Value of Water Campaign (VOW).
The report titled “The Economic Benefits of Investing in Water Infrastructure” was released on World Water Day at a briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
DUBLIN, Ireland (March 8, 2017)—Analysis firm Research and Markets has announced the addition of the report “Water’s Digital Future: The Outlook for Monitoring, Control and Data Management Systems” to its offering.
In promoting the report, the firm said the global market for control and monitoring solutions in the water sector is worth $21.3 billion in 2016 and will grow to $30.1 billion in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2 percent.
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