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Investigation Finds Michigan Manufacturers Releasing Toxic Chemicals Into Water Daily

December 4, 2018February 3, 2023 by Alyssa Danigelis

Michigan manufacturing businesses are sending high levels of industrial chemicals into the state’s waterways every day, an investigative report from MLive has found. One particular kind of toxic manmade chemical is entering local wastewater systems at as much as 20,000 times the legal limit. The investigation by MLive journalists Paula ... Read more »

Smithfield Brings Home the Bacon with Better Wastewater Treatment

August 8, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Smithfield Foods has completed its $2.4 million upgrade to its wastewater treatment plant in Sioux Center, Iowa. The plant treats industrial discharge from the company’s manufacture of bacon before it goes to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The newly updated plant will help offset outside water treatment costs, and will also ... Read more »

Michigan Town Looks To Save $200,000 Annually Diverting Food Waste

July 26, 2018February 17, 2023 by Alyssa Danigelis

Food waste diversion technology employed by companies around the world such as Keurig, Nespresso, and Disney World could help a Michigan town save $200,000 a year.

Massachusetts Awards Facilities $4 Million in Energy Grants

April 23, 2018April 14, 2022 by Alyssa Danigelis

Massachusetts drinking water and wastewater facilities received a total of $4 million in grants to reduce energy use, increase energy efficiency, and generate renewable energy.

FDG Tech Could Significantly Reduce Cost of Water Treatment, U of K Researchers Say

February 19, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

Wastewater research from the University of Kentucky (UK) Center for Applied Energy Research may lead to cost-effective and practical technologies for reducing and managing wastewater, the school says. A $740,000 grant from the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory will help strengthen the University’s program. UK’s wastewater research ... Read more »

New Jersey Sewage Treatment Plant To Trade Effluent for Energy

September 29, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

In an unusual deal, the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority just launched a project to send effluent from wastewater treatment to a local power plant in exchange for electricity, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The agreement is expected to help the New Jersey facility become energy independent. According to yesterday’s announcement, ... Read more »

Las Cruces Adds Cogeneration to Wastewater Treatment Facility

September 11, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

Energy efficiency changes that include two new cogenerators installed at a wastewater treatment plant in Las Cruces, New Mexico, are expected to help save the city $1.4 million annually. The $4.9 million cogeneration project will generate power from methane gas at the Jacob A. Hands Wastewater Treatment Facility, according to ... Read more »

Onsite Wastewater Treatment Facilities Net New Tool for Energy Reduction

August 24, 2017September 6, 2022 by Jennifer Nastu

For industrial and commercial wastewater treatment facilities, water's energy intensity can be a significant headache. Now, a new tool from Fluence may be able to help.

Product Announcement: Energy Savings Tool for Wastewater Treatment Facilities

August 24, 2017April 11, 2022 by Jennifer Nastu

As we’ve reported lately – and of course, as most sustainability and energy management professionals know – the handling of water and wastewater is extremely energy intensive. Now, Fluence Corporation Limited has released its SmartAerator Tornado for industrial and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The company says the SmartAerator Tornado can ... Read more »

Project Uses Produced Water for Reuse in Industrial, Agricultural Processes

March 15, 2017February 17, 2023 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Sweetwater Tech Resources, using Water Plant’s water treatment software and systems, will begin operations of the California’s first facility set up to convert billions of gallons of produced water annually into clean water streams for reuse.

Zero Liquid Discharge Market to Reach $2.7 Billion in 2030

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As water costs rise and wastewater treatment regulations become increasingly strict, this approach to wastewater treatment will grow at a 12 percent annual rate, Lux Research says.

Wastewater Treatment Plant Generates RNG for Transportation Fuel

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Ameresco has broken ground on a project in Phoenix that will turn biogas, generated by wastewater treatment, into renewable natural gas that can be sold as transportation fuel. It also illustrates the financial opportunity in partnering with municipalities on environmental management challenges.

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