Build Your Own Treatment Plant—or Pay The City
How one fast-growing beverage producer and high-BOD discharger met the wastewater challenge head-on....with onsite ingenuity. By David Engle
Harnessing the Microbe
It may be hard to imagine your local wastewater treatment plant as your electric company, but that concept may not be that far from reality. By Nikki Stiles
Sea Ranch Keeps It Natural
Biological augmentation is not without its doubters. But the example of one community might cause some skeptics to change their minds. By Dan Rafter
Wastewater Challenges For A Trio Of Refineries
With little construction in recent decades, US refineries must make do with what’s out there today when it comes to wastewater treatment. By Pete Hildebrandt
Wastewater And Land-Use Planning, Part Two
Wastewater management helps Rhode Island communities protect critical groundwater and habitat, not to mention vital recreational resources. By Penelope Grenoble O’Malley
New Tools in the Battle Against Algae
Professionals are using everything from chemicals to microbes and from aerators to devices that emit high-decibel sound waves. By Dan Rafter
Swine and Dairy Treatment Solutions
Hog waste. Greenhouse gas. Now there are a couple of things you’d never expect to be related, let alone used in the same sentence. By Amy Sorkin Kurland
Florida’s Phosphate Wastewater Challenges
Vital to world agriculture, phosphate fertilizer production involves mountains of byproduct—and large volumes of water. By Pete Hildebrandt