Evaluation of a Chlorine Dioxide Secondary Disinfection System   Water Engineering & Management November 2002   Frank P. Sidari III and Jeanne VanBriesen, Ph.D.
Chlorine dioxide is not a new technology for public drinking water facilities or pulp and paper producers, but its use as a secondary treatment system for small-scale applications is new. Beyond the chemistry and microbiology, potential small-scale operators want answers to a few simple questions: Should I use it? How does it work? What extra work is it going to make for me?
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Municipalities and Developers Eye Better Land Use Through Drip Distribution   Water Engineering & Management May 2002   David Linahan, P.E.
While the face of Pennsylvania’s rural communities continues to change from bucolic farms to mushrooming suburbs, new residents are asking their municipal leaders to preserve as much of that original pastoral setting as possible. While that can prove to be a constant battle between preserving green space and building new roads, schools and shopping centers, one area that holds promise for resolving those competing demands is in the area of municipal sewage treatment.
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Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment Process for Removal of Organics and Nutrients (Part One)   Water Engineering & Management May 1997   Dr. Botho Boehnke, Dr. Bernd Diering and Dr. Stefan W. Zuckut
New processes are being designed to deal with stricter wastewater treatment standards and regulations

Containment Methods for Odor Control Systems in Wastewater Plants   Water Engineering & Management June 1996   Arie Kepets
Wastewater treatment facilities are being force to re-evaluate procedures for containing and processing odors and emissions of VOCs and HAPs as a result of new regulations

Programmable Aeration Control System Reduces Plant Energy Costs   Water Engineering & Management May 1996   Charlie Hewitt
The utilization of an accurate aeration control system optimizes process efficiency and can reduce plant energy by as much as 25 percent.

The Importance of Filtration in Wastewater Reclamation   Water Engineering & Management October 1995   George Tchobanoglous and Onder Caliskaner
Effluent filtration is an integral part of secondary treatment as discharge requirements become more restrictive.
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Liquid/Solid Separation: The Chemicals Used to Make it Better   Water Engineering & Management April 1995   William T. Lorenz
A discussion of the coagulation and flocculation chemicals used in separation processed at treatment plants.

Paper Mill Adds Ammonia to Meet Effluent Standard   Water Engineering & Management November 1994   Brian Morgan, Derek Smith, Sr., and Peter Kerevan
Ammonia-fed wastewater provides required nitrogen in discharge.

PLant Removes Phosphorus to Protect Scenic River   Water Engineering & Management October 1994   Charles Edwards and Michael Arand
A new Oklahoma wastewater treatment plant incorporated sequencing batch reactors and a design that qualified for federal funding.

The Chesapeake Bay Plan: Restoring an Estuary in Distress   Water Engineering & Management September 1994   Peter T. Worthen
This overview describes how an aeration process is playing its part in improving the quality of the Nation's largest estuary