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Alaskan town installed new Pump Stations and SCADA system
Read the Government Engineering article describing how a historic Alaskan town installed new Pump Stations and SCADA system.
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The Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Melbourne) – MFB – uses MultiTrode level sensing and control products for many of its fire trucks
The Metropolitan Fire Brigade utilizes Multitrode's Level Sensing Probes to monitor the liquids stored on board the fire trucks in stainless steel or...
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Charles Sturt plans wisely for stormy days ahead
The City of Charles Sturt in South Australia has found real operational benefits in using the new web-based PumpView system. And because there was no software...
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Pushed to the limit: Saving energy and improving treatment at high loads
An advanced process control system was implemeneted in a highly loaded Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) pilot plant in Hammarby Sjöstadsverk, Sweden. It was...
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Deadly Legionnaire’s disease outbreak stopped with the help of Xylem
When Legionnaire's disease broke out in Warsten, Germany, more than 150 people were infected and two people dies. Xylem was brought in to install a Wedeco...
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Smart Biomass Control Saves Energy While Maintaining Treatment Objectives: Results from Hammarby Sjöstadsverk, Sweden
A smart biomass control system was implementated at a pilot plant in Hammarby Sjöstadsverk, Sweden. It was shown to automatically maintain the biomass required...
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Wedeco PDO Ozone System in Salt Lake City, UT: Ozone disinfection system lowers turbidity, boosts filter run times, and eliminates taste and odor issues in drinking water
Increased population growth along with the need for system reliability and redundancy spurred the proactive capital improvements at the Little Cottonwood Water...
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Efficiency Gained Through Automated Aeration Control with a Pulse
Automated DO control and a specifically sequenced aeration pulse operation mode brings process, operational and cost benefits to Indiana facility.
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UV disinfection in Manukau Harbor
The Mangere wastewater treatment plant in Auckland, New Zealand, trialed Wedeco Ecoray UV lamps in ther TAK 55 UV disinfection systems. The result was...
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Aeration Control Improves Treatment Stability while Saving Energy: Results from Black River Falls, Wisconsin, USA
Implementation of the Sanitaire OSCAR process performance optimizer aeration control system at a conventional activated sludge plant in Black River Falls,...
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Telemetry Helps Simplify Management of National Parks
The New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service manages over 600 parks and reserves. The service is responsible for developing and maintaining the...
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Building an Invisible and Soundless Power Plant in Italy
Challenge The Villoresi Channel, located north of Milan, was designed with the main purpose of agricultural irrigation while providing water to the city of...
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Mixing It Up in Michigan
Challenge The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority (YCUA) was formed in 1974 when the Charter Township of Ypsilanti and the City of Ypsilanti combined their...
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Significant upgrades enable City of Atherton to meet state’s DNR discharge requirements
Challenge Built in the 1980s, Little Blue Valley Sewer District operates Atherton, which was designed to reduce the primary process chain to preliminary bar...
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Australia with the world’s first wastewater pumping system featuring integrated intelligence
Challenge: To deliver clog-free pumping at Jordyn Terrace wastewater pumping station in Wangaratta, Victoria. The station receives very challenging wastewater...
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Wedeco Duron UV Disinfection System in Rensselaer County, NY
Challenge In 2014, a cross-county plan to improve the water quality in the Albany Pool section of the Hudson River, a $400,000 incentive from the State of New...
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Oxelia™ Integrated Ozone-Enhanced Biofiltration is Propelling Potable Reuse Projects Forward in San Diego, CA
Water professionals are seeking innovative approaches to address water supply challenges associated with population growth, drought, and environmental...
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Flygt compact mixers yields big savings for Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, MI
Challenge In 2012, the plant made a goal to reduce energy consumption.An evaluat ion of the mixing system was conducted in the biological selector basins. It...
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N-Pumps solve clogging problems at Vancouver Island’s Victoria Hospital, BC
Challenge The pumps were clogging continuously and had to be unclogged everyday. A pumper had to clean out the station to get rid of the solids and prevent the...
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Flygt Submersible Pumps in Heat Exchange Facility in Lincoln, NE
Challenge A unique system known as the Centralized Renewable Energy System (CRES) was designed by Olsson Associates to provide significant amounts of energy to...
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Flygt Axial Flow Propeller Pumps Addresses Chronic Flooding in El Paso, TX
Challenge CEA Group determined that the flooding in El Paso was directly linked to high water levels in the Rio Grande River during heavy rains. Storm sewer...
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Flygt Submersible Pumps in Sims Bayou
Challenge The City of Houston required a new wastewater lift station in Sims Bayou as the existing station had exceeded its useful life. Due to large...
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Flygt Helps Town Go from Rags to Riches in Town of James Island, SC
Challenge The James Island Public Service District (JIPSD) Wastewater Department is responsible for maintaining the public wastewater collection system, which...
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Flygt Pumps Handle Too Much of a Good Thing
Challenge In 2008 the WRA retained consulting engineer HDR to provide planning, permitting, design, construction, and start-up services for a high-rate CSO...
