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Closing the Flood Gates in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Protecting Terrebonne Parish from Hurricanes With 987 square miles (2,556 km2) of land and 1,079 square miles (2,795 km2) of lakes and waterways, Terrebonne...
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A temporary pre-treatment solution for a remote coal basin
Meeting new discharge limits while controlling costs Challenge When state regulators issued new discharge permits for a major power utility’s ash basin, the...
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It’s Elementary – Xylem Goes to the ‘Head’ of the Class
The Dorothy B. Bunce Elementary School in Pavilion, New York, serves kindergarten through 5th grade students in the Pavilion Central School District. In...
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Xylem helps Italian spa go with the flow
For many people, a relaxing break in a secluded Italian spa is the ideal way to recharge. However, what many may not be aware of is the importance of a solid...
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Xylem’s Energy-Efficient Technology Helps Top 100 Hospital Maintain Award-Winning Standards
Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, is a high-quality health care facility that provides services to over 2 million residents on a yearly...
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Bucknell University selects Goulds Water Technology as first in class
Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, has a reputation as one of the finest educational institutes in the United States. It recently ranked #32 among national...
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Common residential wastewater myths demystified
NOT EVERYTHING THAT CAN GO DOWN THE DRAIN, SHOULD Myth 1: Bigger is better (when it comes to pump size) In most cases, bigger is not better when it comes to...
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The Flushability of Flushable Wet Wipes
Sales of flushable wipes have increased due to their convenience. But this convenience can come at a high cost as demonstrated in news reports about the...
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Bell & Gossett pumps warm up Newport mansion
From the outside, the 1920s villa in the seaside community of Newport, Rhode Island, appears as any other stately historic home in the neighborhood. But inside...
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Bell & Gossett plays central role in retrofit of New York apartment buildings
When the Twin Parks housing development was built in the Bronx in the early 1970s, it was hailed internationally for its architectural innovation and promise...
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All Systems Go: Bell & Gossett products help power ultra-efficient energy lab
The idea that the heat thrown off by supercomputers could be captured and turned into a radiant heat supply for an entire building is just the kind of thing...
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Fitzgerald Creek, GA Case Study
Challenge Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority (CCWSA) provides high quality water and sewer service to more than 170,000 residents in Cherokee County,...
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Application of Index Velocity Method in Complex Flow Conditions
The collection of accurate and reliable flow records in open channel flow is dependent on several factors of which a stable stage-discharge relationship is...
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Case Study: ADCPs Guiding Intelligent Decisions on Malaysia's Smart Tunnel Project
But behind the massive tunnels and the huge catch basins is a system just as staggering – the SMART Project’s nerve system, a network of flood detection...
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Case Study: Continuous Data Keeps Brazilian Ports’ Business Flowing
HidroMares has installed its SISMO systems at seven port complexes around Brazil, from ocean terminals in the south to an inland river port in the Amazon...
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App Note: Hydrosurveyor Enables Rapid Reservoir Surveys
As the regulatory requirement to assess United Kingdom reservoirs and lakes expands to include smaller bodies of water, SonTek’s HydroSurveyor system has been...
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App Note: Sontek-IQ Shallow Flow Meter Revolutionizes Flow Measurement in the Australian Bush
It’s hard to picture just how flat Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin is, but picture this – tens of thousands of square kilometers braided with slow-flowing...
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Case Study: Closing the Gates - Monitoring and Ingenuity Help Louisiana Communities Battle Storms
The federal government saw the need for a flood control system through Terrebonne (Louisiana) and neighboring parishes, and in 1992, began a study to map out a...
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Hydrosurveyor Enables Rapid Indian Railways Bridge Surveys
The HydroSurveyor-M9 system from SonTek, a Xylem brand, is an instrument/technology that Indian Railway has employed to rapidly measure bathymetry data along...
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App Note: CTD Monitoring Technology Helps Reveal Arctic Secrets
A group of Arctic researchers has employed the latest monitoring technology to investigate the effects of climate change, by measuring temperature and salinity...
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Exploring Eelgrass - Shallow Water Beds Capture CO2
Waving gently in the shallows of California's Humboldt Bay, meadows of eelgrass glow green in the tides. The long, fluttering leaves of the eelgrass do more...
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Case Study: Watching Waves - Busy Singapore Port Adds Sensor Technology to Ensure Safe Berthing
With the large volume of cargo vessels relying on the country’s ports, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has the challenging task of managing...
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Case Study: Determining Total Volume of Sludge in Wastewater Ponding Lagoons
Surveys were performed of three Wastewater Ponding Lagoons and a TWM storage lagoon at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) to determine the...
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App Note: ADV Sediment Flow Research by Louisiana State
Subsiding and choked off from the Mississippi River, southeastern Louisiana’s coastal marshlands have steadily sunk and become more saline. According to U.S....
