Fats, Roots, Oils, and Grease (FROG) in Centralized and Decentralized Systems
Fat, oil, and grease (FOG) is generated everyday by food preparation and cleaning activities conducted at commercial establishments and, on a smaller scale, by residential sewer usage. Another...
Emergency Communications with Your Local Government and Community
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Recent events including the World Trade Center attack, the anthrax scare, Ohio River flooding and the Northeast power outage clearly demonstrate the...
Develop and Demonstrate Fundamental Basis for Selectors to Improve Activated Sludge Settleability: Phase 2 Lab Investigation
The primary objective of this research was to compare dilute sludge volume index (DSVI) control in equally-sized single- and multi-stage anoxic and anaerobic selectors relative to a control...
Disinfection of Wastewater Effluent: Comparison of Alternative Technologies
There is a tremendous amount of literature on and experience with wastewater disinfection alternative. However, it is difficult for wastewater professionals to sift...
Biosolids Processing Modifications for Cake Odor Reduction (Phase 3 of Identifying and Controlling the Municipal Wastewater Environment)
Phase 3 of the overall WERF project was developed to study eight Phase 2 hypotheses in more depth, beginning in the laboratory (bench-scale) studies and continuing on...
Analysis of Existing Community-Sized Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems
This nationwide study has gathered data/information for and examined the performance of large-scale decentralized and small community wastewater systems and flows...
Factors Affecting the Performance of Primary Treatment in Onsite Systems
Approximately 23 percent of the estimated 115 million occupied homes in the United States are served by onsite wastewater systems. The vast majority of onsite wastewater treatment systems include...
Minimization of Odors and Corrosion in Collection Systems
Wastewater collection system odors and corrosion issues continue to grow in importance to the community and to system owners and operators. Odor and corrosion...
Protocols for Assessing Condition and Performance of Water and Wastewater Assets
The purpose of this research was to provide a road map for the effective use of condition and performance assessment tools and techniques by water and wastewater utilities within the...