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Growth can often be a double-edged sword for a water reclamation facility (WRF). With an expansion looming to double the capacity of their membrane bioreactor (MBR) facility, the Coppermine WRF was exploring ways to improve their phosphorus removal from wastewater....
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Scrubbing weirs. No one likes to do it and, depending on your clarifier design, it can be downright dangerous. But there it is every spring and through the summer, that annoying algae hanging off your weirs, with its slimy green making the clarifiers look terrible....
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Achieving Low Discharge Seasonal Limits and Avoiding Capital Costs Summary Star Sewer Wastewater Treatment Plant is a 1.25 MGD Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR) municipal facility in Star Idaho near Boise. Star has been issued a seasonal total phosphorus (TP) limit of 0.07...
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Nothing makes a WWTF operator prouder than the sight of gin-clear effluent spilling over the weirs of the clarifiers. Few things spoil that beautiful sight more than algae growing in the clarifier, catching on the weir as the effluent spills over, floating in the...
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Get Off The pH Seesaw The pH of your effluent is a standard parameter on every NPDES permit. But more than that, maintaining a pH in the neutral 6 to 8 range is critical to maintaining the biological treatment in your wastewater facility. Maintaining the alkalinity of...