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No single flowmeter technology can accurately measure all types of media or meet all application needs. So, how do you decide where to use each one and why? Find out more. It’s time to get to grips ...

As pointed out in prior columns, the second leading cause of pump breakdowns is bearing failures. This is due in part because fewer than 10 to 30 percent of all ball bearings run long enough to ...

Radar technology is often viewed as the "best" method of level measurement, but this is not always true in the water industry. Although radar technology offers high performance and accuracy, in many ...

Activated carbon has more than 2,500 commercial product applications. Most wastewater plants use the carbons to purify the water and air leaving a facility. However, you will not find their ...

Because mechanical shaft seal failures are the number one cause of pump downtime, the writer decided to dedicate this column to mechanical seal basics. Years ago, most pump shafts were sealed using ...

Granular activated carbon (GAC) is a hybrid mixture of a wide variety of graphite platelets that are interconnected by nongraphitic carbon bonding. The adsorptive capacity of GAC makes it ideal for ...

Many industrial facilities have extensive feedwater, steam, and condensate return systems whose primary material of construction is carbon steel (see Fig. 1). The focus here is on the condensate ...

In the activated sludge process, microorganisms are mixed with wastewater. The microorganisms come in contact with the biodegradable materials in the wastewater and consume them as food. In addition, ...

When operating in exceptionally challenging conditions or handling difficult materials such as sewage and wastewater sludges, even the best designed heat exchangers will be susceptible to fouling. The ...

On a global level, wastewater treatment is an increasingly critical topic of discussion that has been addressed at the highest levels of government and major corporations. To find a sustainable ...

During much of the last century, many central power stations came on-line to satisfy the rapidly growing need for electricity in the post-WWII United States. Large power stations were a wonder of ...