Integrated Methods for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrading and Optimization
This guidance document incorporates the systematic approach for integrated capacity assessment of a wastewater treatment plant and identifying performance limiting factors. Based on evaluation by...
Influent Constituent Characteristics of the Modern Waste Stream from Single Sources
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This research project characterized the composition of modern single residential source onsite raw wastewater and primary treated effluent (i.e.,...
Waterborne Pathogens: Review for the Drinking Water Industry
Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, viruses and protozoa, are the most common and widespread health risk associated with drinking water. Most waterborne pathogens are introduced...
Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes
Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes is the third book in the Water and Wastewater Process Technologies Series. The book outlines the principle unit...
Strategic Asset Management of Water Supply and Wastewater Infrastructures
Water and Wastewater companies operating all around the world have faced rising asset management and replacement costs, often to levels that are financially unsustainable.
Management of...
Modeling Onsite Wastewater Systems at the Watershed Scale: A User's Guide
The purpose of this User’s Guide is to provide guidance on modeling watershed-scale problems associated with decentralized wastewater-treatment systems (DWTS), with a particular focus on onsite...
Collection System Ventilation
This report presents the methodology and findings of the Collection System Ventilation Research project completed in Phase II of the WERF initiative Minimizations of Odors and Corrosion in...
Sustainable Technology for Achieving Very Low Nitrogen and Phosphorus Effluent Levels
This project addresses the successful nitrogen and phosphorus removal technologies being implemented at existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), some key challenges...
Decentralized Stormwater Controls for Urban Retrofit and Combined Sewer Overflow Reduction, Phase 2
Phase 1 of this project demonstrated the technical feasibility of using decentralized stormwater controls in urban areas for retrofits and controlling combined sewer overflows. This technical...
Contributions of Household Chemicals to Sewage and Their Relevance to Municipal Wastewater Systems and the Environment
Of the total number of consumer product chemicals the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified, approximately 500 are considered high production volume (HPV) chemicals. This study...