

- Oct 24, 2016
- 6 min
Wastewater Clarifier Performance
Primary and Secondary Clarifiers This page provides information on the expected performance of primary and secondary clarifiers. Removal...


- Oct 21, 2016
- 9 min
API Separator
Oil-Water Separation Though municipal wastewater treatment plants have to deal with their share of oil and grease (O&G), this post on...


- Oct 11, 2016
- 5 min
Crown Press In Use
Details on how to use a lab-scale dewatering filter press.


- Oct 10, 2016
- 5 min
Crown Press Overview
Benchtop Belt Filter Press As I've discussed elsewhere in this blog, I have two key pieces of laboratory/field equipment that I use to...


- Oct 9, 2016
- 4 min
Sludge Dewatering
Three Sludge Dewatering Units The data presented on this page comes primarily from two sources as follows: 1. An excellent textbook...


- Oct 9, 2016
- 2 min
Water Hardness
The Water We Use When I travel I seldom give much thought to the water I drink, cook with, and bathe in. But there are occasions when...

- Oct 8, 2016
- 1 min
pH & Alkalinity
pH and Alkalinity Relationships The following two graphics are intended to provide a handy reference describing pH and alkalinity...


- Oct 1, 2016
- 3 min
Life In the Field
Some Frustrations! I travel from one water or wastewater treatment plant to another, week after week, happily (usually) doing my job. And...