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Catching Wind for Clean Water

Attica, N.Y., and Seattle, Wash., both have found success in accomplishing their goals using aeration powered by wind energy.

FRP Troughs Key to Passive WT-System's Aggressive Iron Oxide Eco-Solution

For over 60 years, iron oxide and ensuing orange sludge deposits had polluted the water discharging from the abandoned Marchand Mine near Lowber, PA into Sewickley Creek and the Youghiogheny River. The recently constructed Marchand Mine Treatment System is a patented six-pond/large wetland passive mine drainage system that incorporates specially designed FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) troughs that manage the hydrology in treating a 1,200-2,250 gmp discharge containing 65-90 mg/L Fe.

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Durability for a Dollar

How one town saved forty years’ worth of trash pumping trouble for a single dollar. Hopkins, Minnesota occupies four square miles of space in south-central Minnesota, and is home to 17,000 residents. Originally a housing location for employees of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, Hopkins is now better known as the raspberry capital of America – a distinction that can be traced back to some of the early families that inhabited the area and grew them.

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Determination of Sulfonamide Antibiotics in Wastewater by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Antibiotics are widely used in human and veterinary medicine for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. An important but often disregarded aspect of antibiotic use is the fate of antibiotic residues entering the environment.1 Pharmaceutical industry wastewater, improperly-disposed of unused antibiotics, and non-metabolized antibiotics excreted by humans can all enter the sewer system in low concentrations.

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Océ Solutions at a Major U.S. Water Utility

Imagine what would happen if any of the water mains within the over 2,500 miles of pipelines in the system of a major U.S. utility sprung a serious leak. What if a service repair team dispatched to the field was unable to locate a major shut-off and fix the problem in a timely manner?

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Pump Maintenance Know-How

It’s no secret that a pump that runs at peak efficiency uses less fuel, experiences less downtime and costs less to operate. The time you spend maintaining your pump is actually an investment in its lifetime performance and value.

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Water Level Concerns in Texas Require a Stable Solution

City Manager Bill Shipp, Assistant City Manager Mike Dunn, and the City Council for the City of Commerce realized they were facing serious problems when the lake surface rapidly receded. As the level dropped, the upper bowls on the existing vertical turbine pumps were exposed to air and would soon be to a point where water could not be reliably pulled from the lake.

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