Solids in Sewers
This Report presents information on the current state of knowledge of the origins, occurrence, nature and effects of sewer solids for use by engineers, scientists, administrators and water quality...
Urban Drainage
Urban Drainage: A Multilingual Glossary has been written by research engineers and scientists with substantial experience in the urban drainage field. It provides definitive...
Development of Practical Methods to Assess the Presence of Bacterial Pathogens in Water
The objective of this project was to develop and evaluate a practical technique to indicate the probability of the presence of bacterial pathogens in receiving waters. A practical method was...
Evaluation of Feasibility of Methods to Minimize Biomass Production from Biotreatment
This report presents the results of an evaluation of technologies that may result in less biomass production in activated sludge processes. The report summarizes the results of a comprehensive...
Characterizing Mechanisms of Simultaneous Biological Nutrient Removal During Wastewater Treatment
Simultaneous biological nutrient removal (SBNR) is the removal of nitrogen and/or phosphorus in excess of that required for biomass synthesis in biological wastewater treatment systems where there...
Use of Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal for Treating Nutrient-Deficient Wastewater
Anaerobic/aerobic (AnA) and completely aerobic (CA) laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactors operating on an acetate- and casamino acids-based synthetic wastewater were used to...
Use of Novel Techniques to Quantify Phenotypes in Biological Treatment Process
This research attempts to evaluate nitrification treatment performance in combined carbon/nitrogen municipal wastewater reactors using traditional physical/chemical methods and modern molecular...
Identifying and Controlling Municipal Wastewater Odor Phase I: Literature Search and Review
A general review of literature published from 1990 to 2000 and unpublished (gray) literature on odors associated with municipal wastewater collection systems and treatment facilities, including...
Stormwater Thermal Enrichment in Urban Watersheds
Thermal enrichment of coldwater streams by heated stormwater in summer months is often overlooked and even exacerbated by traditional management practices that typically account for flow...
Performance Indicators for Wastewater Services
The Manual of Best Practice Performance Indicators for Wastewater Services provides guidelines for the establishment of a management tool for wastewater utilities based on the use...