How to Tap the Human Infrastructure to Gain Cost Effective Performance and...
Cost effective utility management strategies are fundamental to assimilate the multiplicity of emerging challenges that municipalities must face, especially during downturns in the economy. The paper...
View ArticleLessons Learned While Implementing a New SCADA System
The Sacramento Area Sewer District (District) is in the final stages of implementing a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for their 103 pump stations. While implementing this...
View ArticleUtility Operations under Financially and Politically Constrained Conditions
With the world economy struggling under a severe recession water utilities are experiencing difficulties in continuing their business operations. They also face political challenge since they are...
View ArticleA Case for Low Return Sludge Flow Rates
A common problem encountered by traditional activated sludge systems involves failure to develop biomass that separates efficiently from the liquid, leaving behind a clear effluent that is low in BOD5...
View ArticleFlocculation – Flotation Pretreatment Improves Operation of MBR Installed to...
Large food manufacturing company has facilities to produce their well known brand name dairy based products in rural Indiana. As is commonly case with dairy wastewater, significant amount of proteins,...
View Article“Say it Loud, Say it Clear”: Effective Communication Under Duress
Difficult times require an extra effort when it comes to communication. With all of the talk about layoffs, budget cuts and salary reductions, utilities face an uphill battle against the internal...
View ArticleAn Economic Approach to Off-Line Storage: A Means of Mitigating SSOs
This paper reports on the use of a two cell 30-million-gallon (MG) equalization basin and diesel engine-driven pump station as a means of mitigating sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). The ultimate...
View ArticleCSO Control, Treatment and Disinfection at Saco Wastewater Treatment Plant...
The use of novel CSO control, treatment and disinfection systems based on advanced vortex technologies including Vortex Flow Controls (VFC) and Hydrodynamic Vortex Separator (HDVS) that enable,...
View ArticleDecentralized Membrane Bioreactors for Water Reuse in Paulding County, Georgia
Before the recession, Metro Atlanta and its surrounding counties were one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. In order to reduce the impact of treatment plant discharges on its limited...
View ArticleProject Management – Overcoming Resistance to Change
The purpose of this paper is to help project managers in public agencies understand the reasons for resistance to change and provide steps to overcome or minimize the resistance. These are challenging...
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