Most operators running an activated sludge process, the biological core of most ETPs and STPs built around this process, track the food-to-microorganism ratio, ..
Most ETPs and STPs run periodic insulation resistance tests on pump, blower, and mixer motors with a megohmmeter, commonly called meggering after the instrument..
5 min readA zero liquid discharge system is sized, costed, and justified almost entirely around water: how much effluent the RO train recovers, how much makeup water that..
5 min readA dewatering polymer dose at most ETPs and STPs gets set once, usually from a jar test or an early commissioning trial, and then run as a fixed rate: so many li..
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A Plant's SCADA System Can Get Every Alarm Individually Right and Still Fail at the One Thing Alarms Are For · 5 min read 
A Clarifier Can Pass Its Surface Overflow Rate Calculation and Still Lose Solids Through One Stretch of Weir · 6 min read 
A Grit Chamber Can Satisfy Its Detention Time Calculation and Still Never Remove the Grit · 6 min read 
A Stronger Grid Connection Can Make Your Plant's Arc Flash Hazard Worse, Not Better · 5 min read 
The Payback Period on a Water Reuse Plant Assumes It Runs at Full Capacity From Day One. It Never Does. · 5 min read 
The Cheapest Part on Your Spares List Can Be the One That Shuts the Plant Down Longest · 5 min read Loading...
