INDUSTRIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
The New Imperative For Water Treatment: A Shift From Compliance To Efficiency
As water scarcity and energy costs rise, new ultrafiltration membrane technologies deliver higher flux, longer lifespan, and reduced fouling—turning water treatment from a compliance task into an efficiency opportunity.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
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Tank Monitoring Challenges Solved With Radar Level Transmitters
An electrical contractor in the Upper Midwest United States provides oilfield tank monitoring for several oil companies. They supply level measurement and control in nearly 400 barrel tanks containing crude oil and/or produced salt water.
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Expanding Industrial Applications For Automation In Pumping
The Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and connectivity in drives is the future, and many market segments must modernize to compete. The world is more connected than ever with new technological advances that produce higher process efficiency and time savings. To stay competitive in this environment, companies must include automated solutions such as remote management, monitoring, and control.
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Sun-Activated LilyPads Remove Contaminants Without Chemicals
Puralytics LilyPads are hardly noticeable in the ponds, lakes, and catchment areas where they are deployed. Made of mesh and plastic, the flat, 1-meter diameter disks could even be confused for their plant namesake if not for their white color.
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AquaDisk® Filters Reduce TSS And NTU For Power Plant Process Water
Shepard Energy Centre (owned by Enmax and Capital Power Corporation) is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It began operating in March 2015 and is capable of generating over 800 megawatts of electricity to Alberta residents using natural gas. The facility utilizes (2) combustion turbines featuring a combinedcycle technology to generate electricity, and in addition, processes waste heat through a steam turbine to produce even more electricity. This electricity generation process makes Shepard approximately 30% more efficient than traditional coal-fired plants, and reduces overall fuel costs. Not only is Shepard’s plant more efficient, but better for the environment by emitting less than half of the CO2 emmissions per megawatt hour compared to a coal generated facility. Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions are also reduced.
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New Hampshire Puts $350 Million To Work From A Successful Lawsuit Over MTBE Contamination
From cleaner water to infrastructure upgrades, good stories are easy to find after the state of New Hampshire set out to hold polluters accountable for contaminating groundwater with methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive now banned or limited in several states. Through private well testing, watershed protection and new water facilities, the people of the Granite State are turning the tide on water contamination and restoring the safety and reliability of their drinking water supplies thanks to bold action to make sure polluters pay for damage.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
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Arsenic 101: 5 Questions Answered
Arsenic in water is one thing, but arsenic in beer? This is getting out of hand. While the drinking water supply is clearly much more of a concern than the beer supply, the sobering fact is that arsenic, a known carcinogen, is far too prevalent in the environment.
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Using Drop-In Aeration Systems To Address Rising Oxygen Demands
Keeping pace with changing industrial wastewater treatment demands can raise multiple issues of oxygen demand, capital cost, and operating expense, often without the flexibility of taking basins out of service to upgrade to new levels of performance. Fortunately, there are alternatives for delivering more oxygen to treat more water.
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Municipal Water Reuse Done Right: Lessons In Efficiency
California water reuse program provides multiple benefits, serving as a model for other municipalities.
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Optimizing Aeration Reliability In Food And Beverage Wastewater Applications
In addition to penalties for non-compliance, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operators in the food and beverage industry risk excessive losses caused by problems at the wastewater treatment facility.
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How Food And Beverage Companies Can Get Ahead Of The Water Scarcity Curve
High-quality water is critical to food and beverage production — both as an ingredient and a process enabler — so the sourcing challenges faced by municipal water systems pose an ongoing threat to the health of the industry. Fortunately, there are a variety of technology options now available to improve water security.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY
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Applications Where Variable Area Flow Meters Deliver Value And Performance
Learn why Variable Area flow meters are the technology of choice where simple, dependable performance and cost advantages are important.
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KETOS Provides Real-Time Lab Accurate Results For Effluent Water
A leading provider of water and wastewater treatment solution for industrial, municipal, and recreational customers faced a number of issues with the safe treatment and disposal of coal ash and residual ash in ponds. Frequent testing at multiple locations was needed to ensure water safety and compliance.
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Dechlorination Of RO Feed Water In Power Station
Plant Bowen, a coal-fired power station in Georgia, successfully implemented Atlantium's HOD UV technology to eliminate microbial growth and improve the performance of their reverse osmosis system. The HOD UV system removed chlorine, reduced maintenance costs, and extended the lifespan of membranes.
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Waste Heat Recovery For Desalination From Steam Power Plants
Currently, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia about 1.5 million barrels of oil are consumed daily to generate electricity to drive reverse osmosis desalination plants. This represents about 15 percent of KSA’s daily oil production.
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Design-Build Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) System — New Harquahala Generating Project
The New Harquahala Generating Project serves as a power and electrical wholesaler in the Southwestern United States. To fill the need for growing energy consumption in the region, this facility was built to provide power to the area.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY
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Zero Liquid Discharge Opens Up Opportunity For Forward Osmosis To Make Its Mark
While many companies and investors have struggled to make sense of an entry point into the massive water industry, seeds are consistently being sown for those that know how to monitor and enter intelligently.
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Retrofitting Water Systems With The Best Meters For The Job
Although not every water, wastewater, or industrial design engineer or operations manager is familiar with the advantages of the V-Cone differential-pressure (DP) meter design, they are certainly familiar with the problems it can solve. Here is a step-by-step description of how V-Cone meters with + 0.5 percent accuracy offer better alternatives in applications currently being failed by other metering technologies.
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A Treatment Technology For All Occasions
There are a lot of technology startups in the water space vying for attention, including a good bit in the New England area alone, but one Massachusetts company and its potentially "disruptive innovation" stands apart.
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Total Systems Approach To Wastewater Treatment
The total systems approach (TSA) to wastewater treatment is focused on offering industrial clients a fully integrated wastewater solution — one that includes all pieces of the puzzle, rather than simply a set of uncoordinated components and systems.
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Myths And Truths About The Waters Of The U.S. Rule
Last week the House of Representatives approved a bill to block the proposed “Waters of the United States” rule, which would expand the U.S. EPA’s authority to include many streams and wetlands that currently go unregulated under the Clean Water Act. Has the EPA gone too far, or are they just doing what is necessary to protect and enhance water quality?
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Oily Water Treatment: How To Treat Using Advanced Electrocoagulation
We cook with it. Use it on our skin. Paint with it. Use it to fuel our cars. Our own bodies even produce it. However, something doesn’t quite add up here. Clearly, you wouldn’t cook with motor oil and you wouldn’t put olive oil in your gas tank. So why do we call these different products by the same general name? What oily water treatment is used to treat these different types of emulsified oils?
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Providing Water And Wastewater Solutions For Our Military
If you want a job done right, you go to a professional — someone who specializes in the task and can make it a priority. Many of us do this when it comes to personal tasks such as oil changes, home repairs and more. The same should be said when it comes to our water systems.
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6 Ways CEOs Can Help To Mitigate The Water Crisis
President Obama or his top aides have recently seen more than 20 CEOs warning of economic calamity and urging action to address the debt ceiling. Walk the halls of Senate and House office buildings and you are likely to see CEOs and other executives presenting the industry-specific issues and challenges they and their companies are facing during the government's current financial crisis. By Donna Vincent Roa, PhD, ABC, CSR-P
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Applications Where Variable Area Flow Meters Deliver Value And Performance
Learn why Variable Area flow meters are the technology of choice where simple, dependable performance and cost advantages are important.
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Tank Monitoring Challenges Solved With Radar Level Transmitters
An electrical contractor in the Upper Midwest United States provides oilfield tank monitoring for several oil companies. They supply level measurement and control in nearly 400 barrel tanks containing crude oil and/or produced salt water.