NYC's Plan to Meet the Water Quality Challenge
Most parts of New York City's waterways do not meet state standards. Combined sewer overflows cause the discharge of raw sewage. The City's ancient sewer system...
Containment Aspects, Scrubber Sludge Disposal System
Containment of flue gas desulfurization sludge from a coal-fired power plant was accomplished by Dravo Corporation in an environmentally acceptable manner through the construction of an...
Energy Utilization and Conservation in Wastewater Treatment
Rising costs of energy, and its limited supply in the United States, is requiring engineers to investigate the application of energy efficient processes for wastewater treatment. Energy...
European Water Treatment Practices�And What We Can Learn From Them
This article is of crucial significance to the American water-supply industry. We say this because for the most part, American engineers are largely unfamiliar with European water-treatment...
A Look at Newer Methods for Dewatering Wastewater Sludges
The U.S. water cleanup effort is resulting in the production of huge quantities of additional sludge. Because of the difficulty of disposing of this sludge, it is usually dewatered. Although...
New Gravity/Pressure Unit Cuts Sludge Dewatering Costs
A new device for dewatering sludges from either industrial or municipal waste treatment plants promises to cut both initial capital and operating costs over more traditional methods such...
Recycling Allows Zero Wastewater Discharge
St. Petersburg, Florida, committed itself to total recycling of its wastewater with zero discharge to its surrounding bays. They plan to accomplish that goal through land disposal techniques....
Sewage Treatment Plant Design
The purpose of this manual,
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