INDUSTRIAL WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Beyond Clarification: Optimizing Polyacrylamide Selection For High-Complexity Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Polyacrylamide (PAM) selection in industrial wastewater treatment is frequently reduced to a trial-and-error exercise, resulting in reagent waste, inconsistent effluent quality, and inflated operating costs. This article presents a structured framework for PAM optimization across three critical variables — ionic charge density, molecular weight, and coagulant synergy.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
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Empowering Water Entrepreneurship: Nano Bubbles Make A Big Difference In Produced Water
Part two in our series on the “Pow! emPowering Opportunities in Water” competition from Veolia, The Water Council, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, takes a closer look at winning company Nano Gas Technologies, Inc.
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Disruption To Growth: Navigating The Sensor Revolution
As critical gateways to the Internet of things (IoT), sensors are sure to have a massive social and economic impact globally within the next decade.
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Electrocoagulation Provides Economical Solution For Produced Water To Oil & Gas Companies
Oil and natural gas are considered valuable resources all across the globe. The number of products made from these two materials is impressive and our lives would be very different without them. Production of these products begins with locating the underground sources of crude oil. These deep well sources are then mined to extract the oil and gas materials. Afterward, these raw materials are sent to refineries to be converted into the petrochemical and gas products that we use nearly every day. Therefore, produced water treatment & management is an integral part of oil & gas company operations.
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Oil And Water: Lessons For The Water Industry From Oil And Gas
As water scarcity continues to be a major, ongoing challenge in the U.S., public and private sector leaders are seeking new insights on sustainable solutions. In this work, they are grappling with challenges on a scale that oil and gas organizations have been confronting for decades now. It’s understandable that stakeholders can get caught up in the tactical side of dealing with water crises — but there is also guidance to be gained by taking a high-level view.
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Forward Osmosis: How It Works, And Why It's Important
Is this innovative desalination technique ready to topple incumbent technologies? An industry expert explains the benefits and potential of forward osmosis.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
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Simple Syrup Disinfection Without The Risk Of Caramelization
Atlantium Technologies has revolutionized the treatment of simple syrups with its cutting-edge Hydro-Optic Disinfection (HOD™) technology.
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SMART Digital Dosing Pumps Help Craft Brewer Focus On Water Quality
Consistency is paramount in brewing operations. Careful attention to water quality control ensures every beer tastes the same everywhere it’s distributed. This is especially true for MadTree Brewing, Ohio’s first canned craft brewer. Since the company’s inception in 2013, reverse osmosis (RO) has been used for all its process water
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Dairy Collective Reaps Green Energy And Environmental Benefits With Anaerobic Wastewater Technology
One of the United States’ newest dairy processing plants features advanced wastewater treatment technology that not only radically improves biomass recovery and effluent quality, but also harnesses green energy from waste streams to drive production processes and reduce its carbon footprint.
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When Beer Becomes Hazardous Waste
Faced with restaurants and bars suddenly closed for the foreseeable future due to COVID-19, a beverage distributor was forced to take back 40,000 gallons of expired beer.
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Brewery Reuses Water For Factory Wash-Down
Looking to reduce its water footprint, Shepherd Neame Brewery invested in a complete membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater recovery and re-use plant. Learn how the new plant's aeration system has helped to reduce the brewery's water-to-beer ratio to an industry-leading value of 3:1.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY
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Power Resiliency Tips For Water And Wastewater Utilities
Are you prepared to keep services up and running if the grid goes down?
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Cooling Tower Crisis: How Hydrogen Peroxide Scrubbed Away The Bacteria Buildup
A West coast power plant needed an immediate solution to clean its cooling tower that was fast, cost effective, and did not require removal and manual cleaning of the tower's fill material.
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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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A Cool Method For Industrial Water Reuse
By harvesting heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) condensate, industrial operations can take advantage of a cool, convenient source of clean water.
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El Paso Electric Should Protect The City's Water And Let Solar Power Shine
Resiliency is a hot button word right now. Ten years ago, advocates focused on “adaptation,” or the idea of adapting to the coming effects of climate change. Now the focus is on “resiliency,” the ability to bounce forward — not backward — when something disastrous happens.
WATER AND WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY
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Power Resiliency Tips For Water And Wastewater Utilities
Are you prepared to keep services up and running if the grid goes down?
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How Can I Use NGS To Improve My Industrial Process?
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a tool that has revolutionized many fields of study. It also goes by some other names that you may come across including Second Generation Sequencing (SGS) and massively parallel sequencing (MPS).
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Industrial Wastewater Treatment Options For Inorganic Contaminants
With a plethora of contaminants deriving from a multitude of sources and a variety of treatment solutions to choose from, the topic of industrial wastewater can get complex fast. This overview provides clarity.
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The Schwarzach Canal Bridge
When it opened in 1846, the Danube-Main (Ludwig) Canal was an ambitious engineering project intended to put the recently founded Kingdom of Bavaria on the map as a modern industrial power.
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Trending In Wastewater Treatment: Industrial Vacuum Evaporation Systems
Sought after in a variety of market sectors for their performance and utility, industrial vacuum evaporation systems are in the midst of a surge. For the unacquainted, this primer explains the reasons why.
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Empowering Water Entrepreneurship: Nano Bubbles Make A Big Difference In Produced Water
Part two in our series on the “Pow! emPowering Opportunities in Water” competition from Veolia, The Water Council, and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, takes a closer look at winning company Nano Gas Technologies, Inc.
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Disruption To Growth: Navigating The Sensor Revolution
As critical gateways to the Internet of things (IoT), sensors are sure to have a massive social and economic impact globally within the next decade.
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When Rural Drip Systems Demand Modern Technological Investment
For rural communities that are invested in expanding their residential and commercial spaces, efficient wastewater treatment is important.
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Electrocoagulation Provides Economical Solution For Produced Water To Oil & Gas Companies
Oil and natural gas are considered valuable resources all across the globe. The number of products made from these two materials is impressive and our lives would be very different without them. Production of these products begins with locating the underground sources of crude oil. These deep well sources are then mined to extract the oil and gas materials. Afterward, these raw materials are sent to refineries to be converted into the petrochemical and gas products that we use nearly every day. Therefore, produced water treatment & management is an integral part of oil & gas company operations.
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Oil And Water: Lessons For The Water Industry From Oil And Gas
As water scarcity continues to be a major, ongoing challenge in the U.S., public and private sector leaders are seeking new insights on sustainable solutions. In this work, they are grappling with challenges on a scale that oil and gas organizations have been confronting for decades now. It’s understandable that stakeholders can get caught up in the tactical side of dealing with water crises — but there is also guidance to be gained by taking a high-level view.