Situated on the banks of the Delaware River, Logan Township, New Jersey has a long history of caring for its watershed and natural environment. In the early 70s, the town designed what has been described as “the nation’s first ecologically planned industrial complex,” Pureland Industrial Complex.

In 2004, a major west coast city began construction of two new interceptor sewers. The 12 foot diameter intercept lines relieve hydraulic overloading, but also created a number of turbulent areas where nuisance odors adversely affected the local residential community. These odors were primarily H2S at concentration levels of up to 150 ppm, as well as volatile organic contaminants (VOCs).

Settled in 1771 and incorporated into a borough in 1817, Milton is home to approximately 7,000 people in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. The municipally-owned Milton Regional Sewer Authority (MRSA) serves many residential customers, but a large portion of the MRSA’s wastewater treatment plant's influent comes from the manufacturing facilities of ConAgra Foods, the food giant that produces Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, Andy Capp, LaChoy, and Gulden’s Mustard products.

Learn how updated blower efficiency standards like ISO 22484 help wastewater treatment plants reduce energy use, improve aeration performance, and meet EU energy neutrality goals by 2045.

Plan for the future with improved water and resource efficiency

This client operates a groundwater treatment facility at a Super Fund site where groundwater is pumped to a VOC stripper for the removal of TCE which is then re-injected into the aquifer. High iron levels in the groundwater caused fouling of pumps, pipes and well casings. This fouling threatened the reliability of the process in terms of flow.

A temporary pumping system enabled improvements to be completed at a major Scottish Water pumping station, ensuring uninterrupted operation throughout a 10-month project

The cost of hauling wastewater caused Sazerac Distilling to upgrade its wastewater treatment system to a sustainable anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) system by Xylem.

The Grass Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant provides service for a population of approximately 12,000 people. Situated in California’s Gold Country, the area has some unique challenges that include mine drainage and heavy flows during the winter storm season in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills. On average, the City discharges 2.1 million gallons per day of treated wastewater effluent to Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Bear River.

Since the wastewater treatment facility is located near a retirement community, the design of the plant had to be taken into consideration as well as the small land area, noise level of the equipment and potential odors.

The City of Tulare, USA, located in California’s world renowned San Joaquin Valley, has some of the strictest environmental regulations in the nation to protect the Golden State’s water quality. Noncompliance can be costly—up to $10,000 a day. Tulare is committed to complying with wastewater discharge requirements set forth by the California State Department of Water Resources Board.

The Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) of the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, operates two wastewater treatment facilities and maintains the city’s sewer system.

Guide for technologies that power the activated sludge process

Chlorine gas (Cl2) is a highly effective oxidant and a relatively economical option for disinfection. Since Charles F. Wallace and Martin F. Tiernan discovered the first chlorine gas feed system in 1913 the Wallace & Tiernan® brand is a synonym for safe and reliable disinfection of water. Chlorine can be safely transported, easily applied, measured, and controlled. See below for more frequently asked questions regarding Gas Feed disinfection.

Clarifiers are an important component of the wastewater treatment process. However, between corrosion, maintenance, and changes in flow, it can be difficult to keep a clarifier operating at peak performance. In addition, changes in effluent regulations may require upgrades to meet new, more stringent requirements. To learn more about clarifiers and their maintenance, Allen Lepak, Clarification Product Manager with Evoqua Water Technologies provides expert advice on how to identify some common issues with clarifiers, how to maximize performance, and how to decide whether you should upgrade or replace your existing unit.

An interview with Mike Murphy, Applications Expert

Learn how wastewater treatment plants can prepare for the revised UWWTD, improve performance and unlock long-term operational benefits with Xylem.

Improving water resiliency with an alkaline supplement

Xylem has been selected by the Magnolia Pointe Municipal Utility District (MUD), with assistance from their sales partner Environmental Improvements, Inc., to design, manufacture and install a new wastewater treatment plant located near the City of Josephine, Texas, a rapidly growing residential community.

Xylem’s custom hydraulic bypass diverted major sewer infrastructure, enabling construction of pedestrian link for 35 million visitors to the 2025 Jubilee.

Xylem and PODS create first-of-a-kind industry data models to help organize and communicate utility pipeline assessment data.

A wastewater treatment plant in France used a customized bypass solution from Xylem to efficiently reroute 10,000 cubic meters of water per hour.