Addressing a Wide Range of DNAPL Occurrences at a Manufacturing Facility
The use trichloroethene (TCE) over three decades at a manufacturing site has resulted in impacts from TCE and biodegradation daughter…
Consideration of the Effects of Remediation Technologies on Natural Attenuation
We have long understood and continue to improve our understanding of the geochemical conditions that favor biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons….
Research Needs to Optimize Wastewater As A Resource
The word “wastewater” implies that the result of water use is a waste product. Wastewater derives from water use in…
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion to Produce Class A Biosolids at the Mason Farm WWTP in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority’s (OWASA) Mason Farm WWTP in Chapel Hill, North Carolina has produced a Class B…
A Last-Ditch Attempt to Save the Everglades
South Florida tries to combat 50 years of ecosystem abuse and overdevelopment through massive replumbing.
Public Utilities to Look at Automation to Increase Competitiveness
Implementation of technology in a utility offers challenges similar to those in private industry…public agencies, however, face especially acute staffing…
Implement Water Treatment Plant Evaluation by Partnership for Safe Water Program
A primary goal of all water suppliers is enhancing their water treatment plant’s ability to prevent microbial contaminants passing into…
Wastewater Treatment Technologies Applicable to Pharmaceutical Chemical Synthesis Operation
The United States (US) pharmaceutical manufacturing industry comprises about 570 facilities in 39 states. About 20 percent of US pharmaceutical…
Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Testing and Evaluation
More than 160 MSW incinerators have operated in the United States since the early 1960s. About 75 percent of these…
International Hazardous Waste Movement
International shipments of hazardous wastes are not only a globe environmental issue, but also a tremendously sensitive political issue for…
A Doctor In The House
The secondary clarifier often becomes the focus of attention for process improvement, leading plant owners to seek performance enhancements by…
Upgrading Trickling Filter Effluents with the TF/SC Process
World-wide, there are many trickling filter plants that have given excellent service for decades, yet are in danger of abandonment…