 | 156 Flow Monitors Installed in 14 Days - San Diego, California
The City of San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department received a formal consent decree from the EPA in 2005. In response, the department decided to replace and update the flow monitoring system they had in place. |
| 3D View of Vertical demineralization line
A masterpiece of engineering work |
| 93C in-line ultrasonic Application Note
Endress + Hauser is globally recognized as a quality supplier of process measurement instrumentation and services. |
| A practical approach to SUDS for local authorites
How Micro Drainage Source Control is driving the adoption of SUDS techniques by local authorities. |
| A Review of 20 years of SuDS specifications in the UK
Aidan Millerick - Micro Drainage: A Review of 20 years of SuDS specifications in the UK including a review of the operational experience of a 22 year old SuDS system and how recent developments may alter the design approach. |
 | A selection of water and waste-water applications for Watson-Marlow Bredel peristaltic pumps
Many examples of water and waste-water applcations for Watson-Marlow Bredel pumps are available on our website. Please click the title above. |
| Alabaster Article
Successful Project Meets Wastewater Treatment Growth Needs |
| Aqua PA SORB 33 Arsenic Removal
Aqua Pennsylvania, headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA and a division of Aqua America, operates 190 gallons per minute (gpm) well and pump house in a new residential development. |
| Aresnic Removal from Potable Water
There are several identified methods for removing arsenic from water. Tonka has experience in the use of all relevant arsenic removal technologies and is capable of manufacturing equipment for tehse processes. |
| Arsenic Removal - A Case Study from New Zealand
Arsenic removal in New Zealand. Over 5 years of excellent operation. |
| Arsenic Removal at a Health Care Facility in Michigan
Arsenic removal in Michigan. Over 5 years of extraordinary performance for arsenic and iron removal. |
| Automatic Water Filter Keeps Drippers Dripping
Orival Model ORI-04-PE, equipped with 9V battery controller, protects the Blasi’s drip system.
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| Bodacious Solution at Bodega Harbour
Irrigation at The Links at Bodega Harbour had a major problem. Their solution provided more than expected. |
| Challenges of Water Scarcity: A Business Case for Financial Institutions
This report presents a series of challenges for financial institutions which could potentially rise from growing concerns over water scarcity in certain regions. |
| Chemical Feed and Precipitant Dosing Application Note
Flow Metering Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals |
| Ciba Poly-MEC™ Technical Case Study
Poly-MEC DN80 in combination with very high molecular weight flocculants was used in order to provide increased throughputs through the dewatering process and thus provide the customer with greater sludge processing capability. |
| Ciba® ALCOMER® 175L - Enhanced Flow
This is used for extractive & process technologies. |
| Ciba® ZETAG 8000 Series
The Ciba® ZETAG 8000 Series of cationic Inverse Emulsion flocculants are based upon chemistry involving linear and highly branched/cross-linked (FS technology) polymer molecules. |
| City in Midwest Solves Odor and Corrosion Problems with Hydrogen Sulfide Scavenger
with aging sewers, long piping runs due to housing growth, and a robust economy with major industrial contributors, this Midwestern city faces some unique wastewater challenges. |
| Clarifiers-No, Filtration-Yes: A Case Study
Screen filtration is a proven alternative to clarifiers for river water pretreatment. |
| Conner Creek: Upland Disposal Using Geotube Dewatering
Construction of a CSO (combined sewage outfall) required the discharge creek to be dredged with a cutter head dredge to help remove sediments contaminated with PCB and mercury. |
| CSOs Reduced by 77%, SSOs Reduced by 78% - City of Nashville, Tennessee
The City of Nashville struggled with excessive overflows totaling 158 SSOs and 30 CSOs in 1989 and 1990. They found themselves with a consent decree and officials immediately started abatement programs to address both issues. |
| DREDGING - A Dredged Material Processing Plant in Europe
Due to the fact that dredged material has became increasingly polluted through industry, agriculture and effluent discharge a processing plant was established in order to treat and dispose of the dredged material. |
| Enhanced Tailings Disposal (ETD): Ciba® RHEOMAX™ 9060 (ETD) - Aids Land Rehabilitation
After thickening most mineral tailings are transported as slurry to a designated storage area. In some cases tailings are used as mine back fill or in the rehabilitation of a surface mine. |
| Environment - Sewage Plant
Filtration of effluent. |
| Environment - Supply of Potable Water
Protection of membrane filters. |
| EST - Dry Emergency Chlorine Scrubber Proves Cost-Effective Solution
Stockton East Water District in California needed to meet Uniform Fire Code guidelines while keeping gas chlorination equipment as their primary disinfection treatment. |
| FlowShark Pulse Exceeds Stringent Operations Requirements for Accuracy - Camp Pendleton, California
The Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base in northern San Diego County commissioned its new wastewater treatment plant in mid-2006. This new plant will consolidate flows from the other three treatment plants on the base over a period of about three years. |
| FlowShark Pulse Provides Accurate Influent Data Reporting - Oahu, Hawaii
In March of 2007, the plant’s operational superintendent, Bud Reiter, conducted a head-to-head test of the FlowShark® Pulse Cross Correlation Technology meter to a new model of meter/sensor using gated Doppler technology. |
| Fon du Lac: Geotube Dewatering of Lake Sediment
Approximately 20,000 cubic yards of non-contaminated silts and sediment needed to be removed from a harbor and shoreline area in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to allow for safer navigation and docking. |
| Fox River - Phase I: Treatment of PCB-Contaminated Dredge Material
Decades of manufacturing and recycling carbonless paper along the lower Fox River contributed to high levels of PCB and, to a lesser degree, mercury contamination resulting in the loss of recreation and fishing on the river. |
| Heavy Duty Protection for FGD System at Eggborough Power Station
A FGD (Flue Gas Desulphurisation) plant has recently been installed at the Eggborough Power Station to significantly reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions and ensure that the National Air Quality Standards are met. |
| Improvement Programme for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) and other Intermittent Discharges
RISK AND SUSTAINABILITY IN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS Jeremy Jones, CIWEM |
| Insertable Valve Network Provides Ongoing Solution to Water Loss - Orange Cove, California
The Department of Water Resources provided Orange Cove with a grant based on the benefit to be gained from replacing and retrofitting the lines and reducing the water loss. |
| IntelliServe Alarming System Improves Monitoring and Data Efficiency - Indianapolis, Indiana
The system alerts staff members to wet and dry conditions in the sewer system, analyze trends, and have the ability to work with flow monitors from multiple vendors. |
| Investment in Membrane Protection at Yorkshire Water Treatment Plant
Bollfilter automatic filters are helping protect Yorkshire
water`s ultra filtration membrane plant.
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| Iron Ore Pelletisation: Ciba® ALCOTAC® FE8 in a Magnetite Application - Case study I
The customer requirement is to maintain or increase its standard specification pellet output at a lower Total Cost of Operation (TCO) per ton of pellets. |
| Iron Ore Pelletisation: Ciba® ALCOTAC® FE8 in a Magnetite Application - Case study II
The customer requirement is to increase output of its standard specification pellet, by reducing the amount of split or broken pellets, the limiting factor in terms of attaining targeted output. |
| IWM (Industrial Water Management) - Ciba® IRGATREAT™ AF 01: Antipriming Agent
Ciba® IRGATREAT™ AF 1 is a specially formulated product, to control foaming and minimise carryover in boilers. |
| Kerr McGee (Tronox): Geotube Dewatering of Creosote-Contaminated Lagoon Sediment
Over the years, Kerr McGee in Sauget, IL treated wood products with creosote – a distillation of coal tar that had widespread use as an industrial wood preservative. |
| Long Term Monitoring with Focused Temp Studies - Orange County, California
The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) was experiencing increasing I/I over the last two decades and high peaks at the treatment plants. |
| Longboat Key: Upland Disposal Using Settlement Ponds
Dredging of a salt-water canal to increase its depth for recreational purposes was conducted using a cutter head dredge. |
| MPOX Reduces Treatment Costs at Coastal Sewer Network
A pumping station sited in the United Kingdom receives all the flow from the combined sewers in the area. The station is un-manned. |
| MPOX Removing Dangerous Odors from Dewatering Buildings
At a treatment works in the United Kingdom there were issues with odors in the dewatering building. Levels as high as 1000ppm of hydrogen sulphide were not uncommon. |
| MPOX Removing Dangerous Odors From Sewage Cake During Transportation and Storage
At a treatment works in the United Kingdom there were issues with odours within the dewatering building and with cake being transported from the site. |
| MPOX Removing Inlet Septicity Encountered in a Rising Main at a Sewage Treatment Works in Hong Kong.
The sewage treatment works is fed from various sources throughout the metropolitan area; however one particular intermediate pumping station was giving cause for concern. |
| Murrells Inlet: Thickening and Dewatering Fluff Mud
The dredging of a saltwater inlet adjacent to a marina in order to enhance navigability was achieved through the use of a cutter head dredge. |
| MuSol ADC Unit
An automated dosing system to efficiently control the removal of hydrogen sulphide from dewatering buildings and mains systems. |
| MuSol Removing Sulphides from Activated Sludge Plants
At Dalmiur sewage treatment plant in Scotland high levels of hydrogen sulphide were being evolved from the aeration lanes. |
| Olmsted Locks and Dam: Upland Disposal using Settlement Ponds
A key component of the project included the use of an upland disposal site to remove the dredged solids from the waterway to prevent redeposition while minimizing turbidity in the water. |
