Public Works: Wastewater Treatment

Introduction to bioremediation

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:31:53 EST

Skimming the surface

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 03:50:19 EST

A clarifier retrofit project solves capacity and scum issues, while saving construction costs.

Algae clean wastewater and create biofuel

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:59:56 EST

Advancing water-sector technology

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:24:56 EST

A wastewater manager explains how his East Coast plant adds a major renewable power system to its treatment process.

Masters of integration

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:39:23 EST

Preparing for life after build-out, a combined water/wastewater utility maximizes supply by piggybacking on an airport expansion.

Rebels with a cause

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 03:29:46 EST

Paul Revere's midnight ride once inspired the citizens of Lexington, Mass., to become the nation's first patriots. Today, public works is inspiring them to become revolutionaries once again.

Critical biomass

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 02:54:33 EST

Located in southeast Georgia between the Okefenokee Swamp and the St. Marys River, the city of Folkston has been blessed — and stressed — with residential and commercial growth over the last two decades.

Gas ‘N Go

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 02:59:47 EST

Treatment plant to use renewable energy to power itself.

Sewer bypass pump

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:20:44 EST

Packaged MBR systems

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 04:20:39 EST

Sucking in the Savings

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:08:39 EST

A veteran of both gravity and vacuum sewer systems crunches the numbers.

Off the Grid

Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:42:56 EST

It's a hard lesson learned from an era of unprecedented growth in the housing market, when subdivisions were built faster than the infrastructure necessary to serve them. With traditional wastewater treatment plants facing restrictions on their total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), decentralized systems were an attractive way to accommodate growth.

From Trash to Treasure

Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:24:17 EST

Setback breeds opportunity

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:39:57 EST

Wastewater 101

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:39:56 EST

Processing Success

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:01:26 EST

An Oregon city relies on sequencing batch reactor technology to clean up wastewater discharging into the economically vital Columbia River.

Vacuum sewer technology

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:02:24 EST

Sewer Solution

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:01:47 EST

From Micro to Nano

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:00:39 EST

Although companies are rapidly developing products incorporating nanotechnology, we don't fully understand the nature of these products.

Fish stories

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 11:00:36 EST

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), which have been detected at trace concentrations in waters around the world, interfere with hormonal processes and alter the way organisms reproduce and develop.