What Is Privatization?

The author is responsible for planning the financing and economic management of projects at Brown and Caldwell, a national consulting…

Determining Financial Feasibility for a Reclaimed Water Enterprise

Nobody enjoys hearing about problems. But there is no question the most significant problem in using reclaimed water is its…

You don’t have to be a technical specialist in the 1980’s to be familiar with the term “water pollution.” Since…

Priority trace elements, such as arsenic, selenium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, and silver are often present in the aqueous discharges…

Currently accepted practice for controlling scale, corrosion and fouling in cooling tower systems is the use of chemical addition and…

The recent development of the trickling filter/solids contact (TF/SC) process has caused renewed interest in trickling filters as a competitive…

Computer modeling can greatly improve the planning and operation of water systems at relatively low cost. Time-dependent water system models…

Dissolved air flotation (DAF) thickening has been a fairly common process for thickening of municipal sludges since the late 1950’s….

For the past few decades, water officials and the general public have been aware of declining water levels in eastern…

Professional engineers are commonly retained for different reasons. Some may say engineers are hired to build other people’s dreams, or…

The Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant is not only one of the largest direct filtration plants in the world but…

The early stage of planning and developing a project are good times. Everyone is friendly and project goals, objective, and…