Site Cleanup Safety Practices
To protect personnel and the environment, these safety procedures for contaminated site cleanups were developed by Brown and Caldwell consulting…
Is Landfill Gas Profitable?
Studies indicate that landfills receiving as little as 300 tons of refuse daily might be able to support a profitable…
Reassessment of the Need for Advanced Wastewater Treatment in Las Vegas
A 90-mgd Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) Plant is currently under construction by Clark County, Nevada. The AWT Plant was designed…
Development of Dynamic Head Loss Criteria for Raw Sludge Pumping
A major public works is being undertaken by the city of Colorado Springs, Color., to implement a new sludge management…
Control of Combined Sewer Overflows at Sacramento
At Sacramento, a system for collection of combined wastewater flows was developed in the late 1800s. In 1946, the City…
The Cleaning and Use of Digester Gas as a Vehicle Fuel
Digester gas or sludge gas is no longer a waste product. This formerly wasted resource takes on the value of…
The Use of Selective Gas Chromatographic Detectors for Industrial Monitoring
Recent legislation such as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air act and the Clean Water Act has…
Purchasing Energy-Efficient Equipment through Competitive Bidding
Dramatic increases in the cost of energy and their expected continuation make energy efficiency an important consideration in selecting major…
Discharge Standards Based on Geometric Mean
To meet the objectives of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-500),1 the U.S. Environmental Protection…
Public Decision Making in Water Conservation
This paper presents planning techniques which can be used by water managers in assessing the need for, and cost-effectiveness of,…
Application of Ozone to Eliminate Tertiary Treatment of Wastewater Used for Industrial Cooling
The application of ozone for treatment of cooling water is being investigated at pilot scale. The cooling water is secondary…
Effect of Feedlot Manure Collection Techniques on Ultimate Methane Yield
Beef cattle manure collected from unpaved dirt feedlots has a significantly reduced energy production potential due to low organic content…