Public Works: Wastewater Collection

Turning pipelines into power generators

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:49:14 EST

Energy performance contracts deploy new type of in-pipe turbine to generate electricity from gravity water pipes.

Wastewater plant operator pens book

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:16:19 EST

Sanitation is an extremely important service that’s too often taken for granted. Dodge Winston, a 42-year-old Wastewater Plant Operator II in the San Francisco Bay Area, has made it a subject you won’t be able to forget. His fourth self-published novel, The Wastewater Plant, is an account of life inside a 25mgd wastewater treatment facility in California.

2 composite manhole covers pass AASHTO load tests

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:38:09 EST

Testing performed at England’s Lancaster University confirms that Fibrelite Corp.’s 30- and 36-inch manhole covers carry the same loads as heavier iron and aluminium covers without damage.

Is this a job for cement or chemical grout?

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:49:12 EST

When to use cement or chemical injectables.

3 low-cost chemicals for cleaner sediment

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:20:57 EST

Using coagulants, flocculants, and/or precipitants in stormwater or wastewater.

Smart solution for potable water lines to be globally marketed by Swiss technology leader and Dow

Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:09:21 EST

Fast and easy pipe renewal to enable cost-efficient infrastructure modernization.

Award-winning grease, septage receiving station

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:48:42 EST

Wastewater treatment plant upgrades include delivery bays that automatically separate flows.

Pressure Pipe 101

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:28 EST

Almost 30,000 miles have been installed worldwide since the early 20th century and most still provide exceptional service.

Not your typical river crossing

Thu, 4 Apr 2013 11:55:27 EST

Steel-and-reinforced-mortar pipe bridge saves sewer utility costs.

EPA attacks major source of invasive aquatic species

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 12:39:06 EST

For more than two decades, two federal agencies and Congress have tried to write a single coherent standard for regulating how, when, and where international shipping companies discharge ballast water, one of the main ways that non-native fish, plants, and other organisms (think zebra mussel) get into the U.S. Now EPA’s addressing the problem with a five-year permit requirement.

Consumers jump on NYC water, sewer pipeline protection

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:06:58 EST

Since January, almost 60,000 homeowners have signed up for the American Water Resources-delivered insurance program at $3.99/month (water) and $7.99/month (sewer).

65 dams removed from service in 2012

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:35:37 EST

Communities in 19 states restored 400 miles of streams nationwide.

PISTA Works

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:26:53 EST

Smith & Loveless Inc. has shipped its first PISTA Works Headworks System, the latest innovation offering four headworks processes on one skid package.

Ban on land application of biosolids overturned

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:46:18 EST

California court tells county it can’t keep Los Angeles from recycling on its own property.

New report finds 51% of Suffolk County hospitals, facilities flush unused pharmaceuticals

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:58:10 EST

And it’s not just ibuprofen or birth control pills. Half the health care facilities in a New York county dispose of controlled substances by flushing them down the toilet.

Get the PCBs out

Tue, 9 Apr 2013 04:15:50 EST

Treatment plant resurrected to dispose of 2,500 tons of sewer contaminants.

Five obstacles to innovation by water utilities

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:11:04 EST

Culprits include lowest-cost vs. lowest-cost-of-ownership bid requirements.

Get USGS data on your mobile phone

Fri, 8 Mar 2013 04:29:17 EST

Conditions at more than 16,000 streamgages and other sites available via text or email.

Airvac joins international water, wastewater group

Tue, 5 Mar 2013 03:12:48 EST

The Passavant-Geiger Group is continuing its international growth under the new name "Bilfinger Water Technologies".

Microbes could get power from wastewater

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 12:09:25 EST

Bruce Logan of Pennsylvania State University has found that two types of microbes—exoelectogens and electrotrophs could be used to harvest more energy from wastewater than it takes to treat it.