Operational Improvements From Start-Up Of Owasa*s Class-A Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion
The thermophilic digestion system at the Mason Farm WWTP in Chapel Hill North Carolina was brought on line in August…
City Of Atlanta’s Reengineering And Contract Operations Program
In early 1997, the City of Atlanta was faced with an 80 percent sewer rate increase to fund a Capital…
Competitive Business Planning In Kansas City, Missouri
In the spring of 2001, the Kansas City Missouri Water Services Department (WSD) completed development of a Competitive Business Plan…
The City Of Atlanta Wastewater Treatment Program: A Success Story
What began as a phosphorus control program wound itself through 1) public, political and environmentalist opposition, 2) a new Georgia…
Principles Of Wet Weather High-Rate Disinfection Experiences from the 1970s to The Present
Owing to the highly variable nature of flows and water quality of CSOs for centralized as well as satellite CSO…
The Evolution of Sewer System Modeling for CSO Compliance in Onondaga County
Mathematical modeling has been an important tool in evaluating CSO abatement alternatives for Onondaga County, NY. The EPA Stormwater Management…
Rational Method For The Design Of Organic Loading Rates In A Land Application System
A rational method based on oxygen diffusion is proposed as an alternative to numeric BOD loading limits for land application….
Primary Effluent Disinfection – Necessary Procedures In Uv System Design For Low Water Quality Applications (To Pilot Or Not To Pilot?)
Treated wastewaters to be disinfected with ultraviolet (UV) radiation can be divided into three water quality groups: 1) high ultraviolet…
Grease Impact Assessment Rehabilitation Pilot Project
The County Sanitation District No. 1 (CSD-1) of Sacramento County, California is completing a two-year project on the impact of…
Not Your Average Wallpaper * Rehabilitation Of The Wood Street Interceptor
The Wood Street Interceptor project involved the rehabilitation of 3,000 feet of 105-inch diameter reinforced concrete sewer pipeline that was…
Operating for Success
Operating for success means meeting all permit requirements within a specified budget (or cheaper) in a controlled, predictable manner. This…
Making Classifying Selectors Work for Foam Control in the Activated Sludge Process
Classifying selectors are used to control the population of foam causing organisms in activated sludge plants to present the development…