A colleague recently conveyed a conversation he’d had with an operator at a sewage treatment plant. Society tends to have an unfounded stigma of sewage treatment plants, so to soften the blow when asked what he does for a living, the operator replied “I’m a farmer; a bug farmer”. My personal interaction with operators… Read More
UV treatment only recently became widely adopted in the water and wastewater treatment industries but the benefits of sun exposure for water purification have been acknowledged for thousands of years. Ancient Sanskrit and Greek writings dating as far back as 4,000 B.C. identify exposure to sunlight as one of the recommended water treatment methods… Read More
Sludge bulking is a severe problem that can plague activated sludge wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). It has been estimated that 60% of activated sludge WWTP in the USA experience continuous or intermittent sludge bulking. This is concerning as sludge bulking results in poor settling in the secondary clarifier which can cause solids washouts. The… Read More
