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Agencies Use DNA Testing To Target Fecal Coliform Pollution
U.S. state and federal regulatory agencies are turning to CSI-type investigative techniques to find the source of fecal coliform in polluted waterways. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection...
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States Try To Nullify EPA Regulations
Water and wastewater utilities are constantly barraged with new regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many of these rules are absolutely necessary to protect the environment....
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Powering Water-Wastewater Treatment With The Sun
It’s a well-known fact that water and wastewater treatment plants hog energy. To improve sustainability and lower costs, many treatment plants are going solar. Paying for Solar Power Systems Solar...
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Wastewater System Operators Battle Baby Wipes
Across the continent, unsung heroes are waging an underground war. Wastewater technicians and operators are fighting an onslaught of wipes—baby wipes, personal wipes, disinfectant wipes and more. Some...
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EPA’s New Blueprint For Water Technology Innovation
In 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a six-page Blueprint for Implementing Technology Innovation into the National Water Program. This report briefly discussed ten areas where...
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Disinfecting Wastewater Effluent With Peracetic Acid
In October 2011, the City of St. Augustine, Florida owned the first domestic wastewater plant in the U.S. to permanently use peracetic acid as a disinfectant. Other utilities, including Largo, Florida...
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Wastewater Nutrients Used For Good
Regulatory agencies are forcing many utilities to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from their wastewater plants. These nutrients can cause algae blooms and lead to eutrophication in receiving streams if...
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Microbeads Escape Wastewater Treatment Process
Some skin care products, body wash lotions and toothpastes contain hundreds of thousands of tiny plastic beads. These microbeads, 0.5 to 500 micrometers in diameter, can pass through wastewater...
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A Toolbox For Water-Wastewater Operator Training
The exodus of experienced water and wastewater operators is becoming all too real for many utility managers. As Baby-Boomers retire, filling their shoes at treatment plants becomes ever more...
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EPA Requests Comments on Industrial Wastewater Effluent Plan
Every two years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) must publish a plan about revising existing effluent limitations and possible new industrial wastewater limits. U.S. EPA has...
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