Duperon Corporation Awarded ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Wastewater solutions provider takes the lead on quality management Saginaw, Mich. – Duperon Corporation, a near 40-year old screening and solids handling equipment manufacturer, has been awarded International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Certification for its systems and processes under ISO 9001:2015. This marked the company’s first ISO audit, which it completed with zero findings. The ISO is a global leader in developing standards across industries to keep products and pro...
New ASCE Publication Provides an Overview and Applications for Treating Wastewater Using Electro-Coagulation and Electro-Oxidation
Reston, Va. – Electro-coagulation (EC) and electro-oxidation (EO) are based on the principle of introducing an electrical current to induce chemical reactions in the system, causing the destabilization of most pollutants (e.g., suspended particles, bacteria, viruses, dissolved materials, metals, hydrocarbons, and many organics). Using a coupled technique, EC coagulates and removes suspended particles, and then EO oxidizes the remaining organics. The latest American Society of Civil Engineers (AS...
EPA Announces $22 Million WIFIA Loan to Modernize Wastewater Infrastructure in Englewood, Colo.
Nationally, 78 WIFIA loans are financing over $30 billion in water infrastructure upgrades, creating nearly 90,000 jobs Contact Information: EPA Press Office ([email protected]) DENVER – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $22 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the City of Englewood, Colorado to support the One Water Modernization Program. With EPA’s WIFIA loan, Englewood will modernize aging wastewater infrastructure at the S...
Rice Process Aims to Strip Ammonia from Wastewater
Rice University engineers have designed a catalyst of ruthenium atoms in a copper mesh to extract ammonia and fertilizer from wastewater. The process would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions from traditional industrial production of ammonia. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Ruthenium-copper catalyze a more environmentally friendly way to produce essential chemical HOUSTON – A dash of ruthenium atoms on a mesh of copper nanowires could be one step toward a revolution in the gl...
PWTech helps New England partner meet EPA regulations
Volute Dewatering Press restores flow after five years of backup ROSEDALE, Md. – An American manufacturer of sludge handling products, Process Wastewater Technologies LLC (PWTech) announces success along the Connecticut River, where Montague Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) has been meeting EPA permit regulations for total suspended solids (TSS) within a month after installation of their Volute Dewatering Press. The optimized screw press, known for its dewatering drum that achiev...
Skanska signs contract for work at wastewater resource recovery facility in NY, USA, for USD 248M, SEK 2.3 billion
Skanska has, as part of a joint venture with R.J. Industries, Inc., signed a contract with NYC Department of Environmental Protection to do work at its Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in the Bronx, New York, USA. The total contract is worth USD 309M. Skanska’s share of the contract is worth about USD 248M, about SEK 2.3 billion, which will be included in the US order bookings for the first quarter of 2022. The contract includes the installation of cast-in-place concrete, pref...
ABB launches innovative digital solution to reduce energy use and optimize operations in wastewater plants
ABB Ability™ Smart Solution for Wastewater is the first in a family of digital solutions designed to optimize operations and reduce energy consumption in the water sector New wastewater technology enables continuous monitoring, coupled with automation, to achieve energy savings of up to 25 percent during aeration and pumping and up to 10 percent reduction in chemical usage Platform agnostic software designed as an additional layer to work with any automation package ABB launche...
Skanska builds and installs piping and machinery for wastewater plant in Tampere, Finland, for EUR 45M, about SEK 460M
Image credit Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant - Skanska Skanska has signed a contract with Tampere Region Central Wastewater Treatment Plant to carry out piping and machinery project for a wastewater treatment plant in Tampere, Finland. The contract is worth EUR 45M, about SEK 460M, which will be included in the Nordic order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2021. The project consists of building and installing piping and machinery for the new wastewater treatment pl...
Ferguson Waterworks Partners with Trimble to Offer Utilities Greater Access to Technology for Digitizing Water and Wastewater Assets
PHOENIX - Alpine 4 Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALPP), a leading operator and owner of small market businesses, subsidiary Identified Technologies (Identified), has been awarded a multi-year site management drone-mapping contract for a US Army Corps of Engineers project based in Florida. Project Details: The Everglades Restoration Project is one of the largest water management projects in the country. It involves a 16-mile sand embarkment dam, a 10-acre reservoir, a perimeter canal and multiple w...
Wastewater survey tracks COVID-19 Delta variant in Reno/Sparks
Post-doctoral researcher Lin Li in the College of Engineering, processing samples in the lab, is part of the group conducting environmental surveillance of wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the Truckee Meadows. University of Nevada, Reno, Sparks and Washoe County continue research, surveillance RENO/SPARKS, Nevada – The highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant has been successfully identified and tracked in Truckee Meadows wastewater since June 2021, establishing the monitoring...