Economically Innovative Composting for the Central Valley Project, Salt Lake City
Recent studies at Salt Lake City, Utah, showed composting of wastewater-generated solids to be the most cost-effective of several solids-processing…
Algae Harvesting with a Fine-Weave Belt Filter
The removal of algae from lagoon effluents has been extensively researched over the past decade for upgrading existing lagoons to…
Probabilistic Based Discharge Standards
This paper addresses the appropriateness of present standards for secondary discharges from wastewater treatment plants. Present U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Oxidation of Organic Compounds in Solvent Refined Coal-II Wastewater Via Ultraviolet Light Irradiation
Wastewaters from coal conversion processes are known to contain significant amounts of carcinogenic, aromatic compounds which are refractory to microbial…
Energy Recovery From Waste and Biomass–Site-Specific Economic Studies
Southern California Edison Company is currently conducting a research and development effort directed toward constructing a commercial facility for recovery…
An Overview of Financing Innovations for Energy Conservation Projects
For the past 10 years, we have been experiencing rapidly escalating costs for energy. These costs have manifested themselves in…
How to Build Treatment Plants With Your Own Money
Since Public Law 92-500 was passed 10 years ago, public bodies have been able to get 75 percent grant funding…
More Efficient Water Use in New Homes and an Aggressive Retrofit Program Reduces Water Demand and Wastewater Flow
This paper presents data from an inside residential water use study of homes with and without the low-flush toilets, low-flow…
Removing Trihalomethane Precursors by Permanganate Oxidation and Manganese Dioxide Adsorption
Pretreatment of drinking water with potassium permanganate can result in the oxidation of THM precursors. Additionally, the manganese dioxide precipitate…
Regional Coupled Trickling Filter-Activated Sludge Plant for Central Valley
Trickling filters using rock media are a widely accepted form of biological treatment in Utah and other western states. Popular…
Disposal and Removal of Polychorinated Biphenyls in Soil
The adsorption, mobility, and microbiological degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in soil materials were studied relative to land disposal. The…
Performance of Activated Sludge Processes: Reliability, Stability and Variability
The objective of this research study was to statistically analyze the performance of a large number of activated sludge processes…