New standards of best practice for force main management involve a variety of methods and technologies to provide data and information with which to make decisions. Utilities can now often perform a detailed condition assessment while the force main remains in service.

Learn how Xylem’s Wedeco UV technology helped Los Angeles achieve advanced treatment, regulatory compliance, and 12 MGD of high-quality recycled water at Terminal Island.

A major power plant to be built on the west coast required water, wastewater and drinking water treatment systems - all in a single plant.

Morinaga’s Hi-Chew fruit candies were being made in Taiwan and imported to the United States, but an explosion in popularity in recent years prompted the confectionery company to begin production in America. Morinaga planned to open a new 20-acre production facility in Orange County, North Carolina, USA that would be the first of its kind on U.S. soil. The new facility required a dependable wastewater treatment system that could treat confectionery wastewater....

An aerospace manufacturer used ion exchange to treat cadmium cyanide rinse waters, achieving compliance without hazardous chemicals while meeting tight timelines and budget constraints.

The James River Treatment Plant is one of nine major treatment plants operated by the Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in Newport News, Virginia, USA, the James River Treatment Plant is committed to protecting the environment and enhancing neighboring communities through a variety of wastewater treatment improvements.

When you’re the first manufacturing plant in the world to meet a rigorous international standard that rates how environmentally friendly you are, and when you’re required by law to limit groundwater use, chances are you’re going to choose an environmentally friendly, water-conserving purification system.

Howard County, Maryland, has taken a leading role in restoring the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem through a $92 million upgrade to its wastewater treatment infrastructure. Central to this effort is the installation of Xylem’s Leopold elimi-NITE® 2.0 denitrification system, which significantly reduces nitrogen and phosphorus levels in effluent discharge. Combined with advanced UV disinfection and mixing technologies, the system's daily reductions include 37,000 pounds of suspended solids, helping to reverse decades of nutrient pollution and protect aquatic life in the Bay.

The North Columbus Resource Facility recently completed a $12-million replacement of its settled water filtration, removing the existing Wheeler filters, their three-part media and 10-inch poured-concrete underdrains, which were no longer efficient. Prior to the filter rehabilitation, the utility’s backwash procedure consisted of a hydraulic-only backwash where the high-rate wash cycle lasted up to 20 minutes. Backwashing each dual cell filter used 150,000 to 200,000 gallons of water. The filters then operated up to an hour in rewash or filter-to-waste operation to reach the desired output of <0.09 Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU).