Water/Wastewater
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Copper Blog Part 5: Water Corrosivity Prediction ModelsJanuary 18, 2013 | by: Jeff CoyneThe last blog post (Part 4) featured a review of electrochemistry basics as well as a discussion about the symptoms of widespread corrosion. These symptoms included: pinhole leaks, excessive byproduct accumulation (i.e. pipe obstruction), and elevated copper concentrations in water/wastewater. Read more » |
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Copper Blog Part 4: How Do I Know if My Water is Corrosive?November 16, 2012 | by: Jeff Coyne, EITA blog about all things copper: essential facts, potential solutions. Read more » |
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Where did all that copper come from? - Part 3October 12, 2012 | by: Jeff Coyne, EITI closed my last blog post with a question that also serves as the title of this entry: Where did all that copper come from? Today I’m going to try and answer that question by presenting some basic background information about copper corrosion in plumbing systems. Read more » |
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What’s All This Copper Everyone’s Always Talking About? - Part 2May 24, 2012 | by: Jeff Coyne, EITIf you are reading this blog, it’s likely that you are having some issues with copper either in your water utility, wastewater utility, or both. Copper pipe corrosion has a number of important and potentially detrimental ramifications. Read more » |
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Saving Money on Aeration and Alkalinity in Wastewater TreatmentMay 01, 2012 | by: Andrew Jones MS, EITContinuing on the theme of operational cost savings, this post details how some wastewater treatment facilities might successfully reduce both aeration costs and alkalinity dosing costs by making a relatively minor change to an extended aeration process configuration. Read more » |
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Copper in Your Water/Wastewater Utility - Part 1April 26, 2012 | by: Jeff CoynePlant operators, utility directors, fellow engineers and anyone else tasked with ridding copper from water/wastewater utilities and searching for potential solutions: thanks for stopping in during your investigation to check out this blog series. Read more » |
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Lower Temperatures Mean Lower Secondary Aeration Costs at Your Wastewater Treatment FacilityApril 18, 2012 | by: Evan Bowles, MS, PEAs Ron Eisele discussed in a previous blog post, operation of a wastewater treatment facility varies from season to season. Although engineers attempt to design treatment facilities for an optimal, cost effective operation, we all know that field operations are never as simple as they’re conceptualized in the office. Read more » |