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Water Environment & Technology (WE&T) is the premier magazine for the water quality field. WE&T provides information on what professionals demand: cutting-edge technologies, innovative solutions, operations and maintenance, regulatory and legislative impacts, and professional development. |
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September 2007, Vol. 19, No. 9 |
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Featured Articles
Sustainability, One Project at a Time
| As a utility in one of the fastest-growing regions of Puget Sound, the LOTT (cities of Lacey, Olympia, and Tumwater; and Thurston County) Alliance has taken an innovative approach to sustainability: managing growth one chunk at a time. Read more |
 | Survival Without Bypass
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Is your plant designed to treat only twice its average flow but receives flows in excess of four times the average? Are storm events in the region high intensity and short duration? Do site | constraints or availability of funds preclude construction of equalization basins? Are the secondary clarifiers shallow or overloaded? Is your plant facing increasingly strict effluent nutrient permit limits? Is it located in a cold climate?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this article is for you. Read more
News
Water Reuse: What's on the Horizon?
| Recent advances in water reuse technology have reduced operating costs, improved efficiencies, and significantly enhanced the quality of treated effluent — enabling municipalities to consider reuse projects that previously would have been economically and technically infeasible. |
 | These improvements, coupled with growing concerns about maintaining adequate water supplies in drier regions of the world, have grown the market for membranes and other water reuse technologies. Read more
WEFTEC®.07 Preview
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Using highly treated wastewater effluent for some tasks can help to alleviate the strain on water supplies and give wastewater treatment plants other options for effluent disposal. To introduce more people to these advantages and educate them about the workings of a reuse program | from conception through delivery, WEFTEC®.07 includes a focus area for Water Reclamation and Reuse. This focus area, consisting of two full-day workshops and 10 technical sessions, includes more than 50 presentations on reuse opportunities, techniques, and experiences. Read more
Coming in the October Issue
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- Clean Water Act. Successes and challenges in the last 35 years.
- To Trench or Not To Trench? Florida city weighs the pros and cons of pipe bursting and open-cut pipe replacement.
- Advancing With ATAD. After comparing different digesters, a Spanish utility opted to deploy autothermal thermophilic aerobic digesters as part of a centralized approach to treating solids.
- Screen Selection Simplified. Understanding your choices.
Clean Water Act. Successes and challenges in the last 35 yearrs.
- Let the Light Shine In. Regular maintenance maintains peak ultraviolet disinfection system performance.
- Exorcizing Possessed Toilets. Get to the bottom of why some toilets burp, gurgle, or erupt like a volcano during sanitary sewer line cleaning.
- The Nitty Gritty, Part IV. This final installment of the series on grit removal discusses why and how settled grit should be washed and dewatered before disposal.
| ©2007 Water Environment Federation. All rights reserved. |
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