WERF: Sewer Inspection Prioritization Using an Expert System
The sewer infrastructure of the US must be assessed and upgraded to meet the requirements of the EPA Sanitary Sewer…
A Novel Sludge Suction Retrofit of The Metropolitian Wastewater Treatment Plants Final Settling Tanks
Brown and Caldwell designed a stationary sludge suction header as part of a retrofit of 3 of 24 rectangular final…
Secondary Clarifier Operational Testing Increases Facility Capacity
The Central Davis County Sewer District (CDCSD) conducted a long-term secondary clarifier stress test to verify that state point analysis…
An Innovative Approach to Urban Wastewater Treatment in the Developing World
Population growth in mega-cities and other urban areas of the developing world, and associated water-related pollution and public health problems,…
Review of Folklore in Design and Operation of Secondary Clarifiers
Dick published a classic paper in the mid-1970s illuminating popular final settling tank beliefs as folklore with little factual or…
Ten Years of Experience with Classifying Selectors for Activated Sludge Foam Control in the USA
Classifying selectors are used to control the population of foam causing organisms in activated sludge plants to present the development…
Review of Two Decades of Experience with TF/SC Process
The trickling filter solids contact (TF/SC) process is now over 20 years old, having been first demonstrated successfully in 1979…
Evaluating Secondary Clarifier Performance and Capacity
The secondary clarifier plays a critical role in the success of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process by producing the…
Foam on the Range: Learn how a Texas facility lassoed Nocardia foaming during an air activated sludge upgrade (original paper: Overcoming Difficulties Converting from Pure-Oxygen to Air Activated Sludge at El Paso, TX – Haskell R. Street Wastewater Treat
Learn how a Texas facility lassoed Nocardia foaming during an air activated sludge upgrade.
First of Its Kind Industrial Wastewater Permitting of a Hospital Complex
For the first time in Sacramento County, the Regional County Sanitation District required a hospital complex to be permitted as…
Modeling of Volatile Organic Contaminants in Trickling Filter Systems
Despite the widespread use of trickling filters, there has been minimal investigation of the fate of volatile organic contaminants (VOCs)…