In 2011, Roundup River Ranch required a wastewater treatment system that could accommodate large variations in flows and loadings, provide permitted quality effluent for discharge into the pristine Colorado River, required minimal maintenance and offered low operating costs. The consulting engineer for the Ranch, JVA Incorporated, worked with Aquarius Technologies to provide a simple solution. […]
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Every wastewater treatment plant superintendent has a dream: An aeration system that doesn’t require frequent maintenance or plug frequently. The time and labor required to drain a basin, remove the sludge, inspect and clean the aeration system is quite costly. Many superintendents assume this is simply a cost of doing business. But it doesn’t have […]
Imagine you are buying a new house. You decide that houses are a commodity. In other words, they are all functionally the same – they are places to eat, sleep and relax. So, you decide to select the lowest-cost house. Instead of investing in a well-constructed $250,000 ranch home, you buy a low-priced home constructed […]
If you had a pair of binoculars that could see into the future, how would you predict the future of municipal wastewater treatment? One reliable way to do so is to look at early-stage trends and developments that are just getting underway around the world and make assumptions about how quickly they may spread to […]
How efficient is your existing wastewater treatment system? If it’s like many municipalities, it’s under stress from the growth of your community and local industries, which are causing a steady increase water flow and loadings. At the same time, you’re trying to contain operating costs and deal with the challenges of aging process equipment. Plus, […]