by Julia Nielsen | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Compliance, Innova MB, Polymer Blend Treatment, Polymer Blends, Polymers, Wastewater Treatment
As a water treatment plant, your job is taking the waste from your customer’s property and treating it, so you can recycle it and use it again. Your customers couldn’t care less what happens after they flush their toilet or use their sink. In fact, they probably have...
by Julia Nielsen | Sep 11, 2018 | Bioaugmentation, Blog, Compliance, Lift Station Odor Control, Microbiology, Wastewater Treatment
You know the odor, it makes you cringe. Hydrogen sulfide or “rotten egg” smell is unmistakable. No one wants to smell the horrible odor – especially when the community starts complaining. In addition, hydrogen sulfide is poisonous and presents serious health risks to...
by Julia Nielsen | Sep 5, 2018 | Bioaugmentation, Blog, Compliance, Microbiology, Wastewater Treatment
You may have used bioaugmentation to enhance your wastewater treatment or collection system with varying degrees of success. Wastewater bioaugmentation has been performed for many years by introducing outside microbes to the system, either from another plant’s...
by Julia Nielsen | Aug 28, 2018 | Blog, Compliance, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment, Water Treatment Plants
In last week’s blog post on the value of water, we focused on the importance of having safe, clean drinking water and the challenges it presents. In this week’s post, the topic is the value of water infrastructure, why we can no longer ignore reality. We’ve...
by Julia Nielsen | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Compliance, Water Treatment, Water Treatment Plants
There’s only so much water, and as much as we’d love to make more, this is all we have. We need to take care of what we have. The value of water isn’t something we can put a price tag on, yet we try. In many of our cities and communities, we tax potable and irrigation...
by ATS Senior Editor | Jan 22, 2018 | Blog, Compliance, Phosphorus Removal, Wastewater Odor Removal, Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Treatment Plants
Phosphorus removal from wastewater is a widespread challenge. Many wastewater treatment plants have problems achieving and maintaining low phosphorus levels required by today’s standards. How do wastewater plants treat phosphorus? Three traditional chemicals for...
