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Decentralized High Strength Waste Facility Design Recommendations and Best Practices
By By Dennis Hallahan, P.E.High strength waste (HSW) presents a challenge for any type of onsite wastewater treatment system. This is apparent in restaurant facilities, where the design life of the system is significantly less than a typical residential system. It can also be a factor in other types of businesses that generate HSW. Each facility type will have unique wastewater characteristics as well as unique site and soil conditions for the system designer to consider. The more information the designer can obtain in advance via effluent sampling, water meter records, usage patterns about the distinct, and potentially problematic conditions, the better the proposed design.
Continue ReadingTanks Evolve To Meet Advanced Wastewater Treatment And Water Reuse Demand
By Rachael AtienzarFrom simple to advanced and from sewage to potable, tanks have
become the Swiss Army knives of water management.
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Applications in Action
By Dennis F. Hallahan, PEWhere centralized sewering is not practical or desirable, the numerous new approaches to decentralized wastewater treatment offer communities, owners, and developers a way to move forward without waiting for sewer extensions to reach their site or the treatment plant to be expanded.
Continue ReadingDecentralized Wastewater Treatment Approaches Solve Community Challenges
By Dennis F. Hallahan, PEDecentralized systems are proving their value beyond traditional use
in rural settings, treating larger volumes of wastewater in diverse
applications while easing O&M concerns.
Strategies to Combat Centralized Sewer Overflows
By Dennis F. Hallahan, PEMany cities and communities are developing solutions using a variety of approaches to prevent combined sewer overflows (CSOs).
Continue ReadingACROSS THE ICE
By Allison BlodigAerobic treatment units (ATUs) offer a suitable environment for microorganisms to treat wastewater. These pre-engineered advanced wastewater treatment systems are alternatives for small system designs with space restrictions and limited room for conventional treatment or where centralized sewerage is not available.
Continue ReadingAdvanced Drainage Systems Acquires Infiltrator Water Technologies From Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
HILLIARD, Ohio – (August 1, 2019) – Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (NYSE: WMS) (“ADS” or the “Company”), a leading global manufacturer of water management products and solutions for commercial, residential, infrastructure and agricultural applications, today announced the acquisition of Infiltrator Water Technologies, a leader in on-site septic wastewater treatment for a purchase price of approximately $1.08 billion, from an affiliate of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and other stockholders.
Continue ReadingInfiltrator continues partnership with Habitat for Humanity
Infiltrator has donated over 75 septic systems to Habitat homes throughout the United States
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