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Vacuum Sewers Protect
Keys and Everglades

Where wastewater treatment is a Catch-22.

From Chart Recorders to SCADA
South Carolina city finds value in a unified power and automation
system offering.

Energy Savings for WWTFs

“Gravi-Force” Project
Unique installation saves city money.

Pump Technology Conquers Tough Flows
New generation pump provides the right connection for Martha’s Vineyard hospital.

Coastal Community Convinced About Vacuum Sewers
The answer to a sewage treatment master plan.
 

Kansas WWTP Adopts Constructed Wetlands
Pilot plant proves the point.

Vacuum Sewers: Components, Operation, and Advantages
The use and acceptance of alternative collection systems like vacuum sewers have expanded greatly in the last 30 years.

Nitrogen Removal
Centralized versus decentralized passive treatment.

Air Station Launches
Defense Against Fine Grit

Sugar sand removal from a wastewater stream.

One Upgrade Deserves Another
New breakers usher in modernized wastewater treatment plant.

WRF Emission  Reduction Study
Offsite odor impact around a wastewater reclamation facility must be reduced.

Innovative Technology
Facilitates CSO Efforts

A state-of-the art CSO facility includes a
massive underground storage cavern in rock
that will fill and drain by gravity.

Lift Station Project Undergoes Intense Scrutiny
District well known for environmental
stewardship overcomes many obstacles.

New Interceptor Placed in Unstable Soil
 

Personnel Return
Plant to Compliance

Employees at award-winning plant roll up their sleeves to get the job done.

A Nasty Environment
High performance concrete in Texas heat.

Recycled Water Storage for
Famous Golf Courses



Breathing New Life into
Biosolids Incinerators

Choice: Renew a commitment to incineration, or go in a different
direction with biosolids management.

New Sewer Technology Saves California City a Bundle
All the way from the Land Down Under, this new approach to sewer rehabilitation saved over $26 million.

Squeeze Play
How Nashville saved by dewatering sludge.

 

Water District Saves with CCTV
Inspection Equipment

Unexpected financial rewards result from investing in proactive maintenance of a wastewater collection system.

Critical Power Systems in Water Processing Plants Critical Power
Systems in Water

How to maintain the long term reliability of water treatment plant power systems.

A Nasty Environment
High performance concrete in Texas heat.

Slide Rail Shoring Protects Pump Station
Shoring system helps military install new pump station on Shaw Air Force Base.

Residual Maintenance in a
Distribution System

Long detention times cause problems for Nebraska water system.

Lessons In Wastewater Collection
Vacuum technology helps Virginia Beach solve sewer problems.

Island Community Solves Wastewater Treatment Problems

An island community solves its long-term wastewater treatment needs with a new 72,000-gpd treatment plant.
 

 

Healthier Water Through Fewer Nutrients

Chesapeake Bay, a national treasure, suffers from having too many nutrients. Restoring the bay means putting the 64,000-sq mi watershed on a strict diet. Other rivers, lakes, and estuaries are signing up for the treatment, too.

Iowa City Heads Off Sewer Failure

Council Bluffs works to head off a calamity at one of the city's largest sewer outfall lines that carries about two-thirds of the city's wastewater.

High-Tech Tools and Techniques in Missouri
In St. Charles, Missouri, water, sewer, and stormwater structures are inventoried and then built into a comprehensive GIS.

Vacuum Sewer Saves York County

Installation of state-of-the-art vacuum sewer system in Virginia replaces primitive and polluting wastewater treatment methods.

Wastewater System Improved in Subarctic Community

An historic Alaskan town gains a cost-effective upgrade that restores local sewage treatment to compliance.