by | | Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment
Tipping fees rose an average of 5.2 percent in 2019. Did your rates keep up? An October 29, 2019 article for Waste Today (wastetodaymagazine.com) reported that the average tipping fee rose 5.2 percent from 2018 to 2019 to $55.36 per ton. Did your rates rise by 5.2...
by | | Innovative Chemistry, Lanthanide Salt Chemistry, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment
“I LOVE scrubbing weirs”, said no operator EVER! If you have phosphorus in your treatment plant (and who doesn’t?) you know that it can lead to algae growth, particularly in your clarifiers. Even if you treat with the traditional ferric or aluminum-based...
by | | Innovative Chemistry, Lanthanide Salt Chemistry, RE100, RE300, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment, WaterFX
Improve Phosphorus Removal And Simplify If you are using ferric or aluminum-based coagulants to remove phosphorus from your effluent, there’s good news. One easy switch can significantly improve your phosphorus removal and simplify your operation. You can probably...
by | | Innovative Chemistry, Lanthanide Salt Chemistry, RE300, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment, WaterFX
Is sludge disposal disposing of too much of your operating budget? A 2016 report1 prepared for the Vermont legislature, relying on national level EPA cost analysis, “estimated that approximately 40% of a WWTF’s total annual operating cost is spent on solids...
by | | Innovative Chemistry, Lanthanide Salt Chemistry, RE100, RE300, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment, WaterFX
Fight The Bloom! When algal blooms strike, regulators strike back, drafting wastewater treatment plants into the fight. Drafted into the fight against Harmful Algal Blooms? The world’s water resources are being invaded and wastewater treatment plants are often the...