After a 3-day audit using 2nd Generation ATP, multiple opportunities for process improvement were identified. The results allowed operators to take immediate same-day action. This audit was successful in... Read More
Diagnosing inefficient biological phosphorus removal By leveraging LuminUltra’s mail-in GeneCount services, a wastewater treatment plant was able to identify the underlying causes of poor biological phosphorus removal in one... Read More
What’s inside: A steel producer in Taiwan, produces wastewater that is high in organics, ammonia, solids, and other waste products. The wastewater is treated on-site using a series of... Read More
Webinar on demand Using NGS to Optimize and Troubleshoot Wastewater Treatment Systems What to expect: Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data can be difficult to interpret, and as a result, the... Read More
Chemical engineer Dave Tracy provides insights into this common question, and provides resources on how to build a testing routine that works for you.... Read More
What’s inside: A municipally operated wastewater treatment plant receives a high proportion of industrial wastewater. The high proportion was resulting in frequent toxicity-driven upsets. They needed a solution for... Read More
A municipal wastewater treatment plant planning to carry out an expensive capital upgrade. This upgrade would improve treatment performance and bring the plant into compliance but was extremely expensive.... Read More
A refinery with an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant uses frac tanks to store and equalize waste streams that are potentially toxic to the plant biomass, including wastes from... Read More
Ammonia removal is a key metric for assessing wastewater treatment facility performance. This is because ammonia contributes to aquatic life toxicity. Furthermore, nitrogen, along with phosphorus, is a driver... Read More
Metagenomics through the incorporation of next generation sequencing (NGS) is changing the way wastewater treatment plants are monitored and understood. NGS can be used in aerobic and anaerobic... Read More
What’s inside: Over the course of a 6-week monitoring program, a Canadian starch mill utilized LuminUltra’s 2nd Generation ATP® wastewater test kits to identify the source of temperature-related upsets... Read More
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