Cell Generation Time

Bacteria are amazingly complex, even though each is comprised of only a single cell. Bacteria make up about 95 percent of all the...

Influent Wastewater Characteristics

This post will provide data/tables to give you a starting point when it comes to evaluating influent wastewater characteristics in the...

Introduction Hydrogen peroxide can be used to increase the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in an aerobic bioreactor, often referred...

I get asked every now and then about books I think are best for learning more about wastewater treatment. There are many, many excellent...

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For me, always traveling, always working at different sites, having to ship lab equipment and set up under less than ideal conditions, I...

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A lot of my work is with high-strength industrial wastewater. Issues that arise with any given industrial waste stream may consist of,...

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Introduction After all the many years I've been working in water and wastewater treatment it's really just this past year that I have...

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In former days, when I did a lot of polymer-focused jar testing, I had three products in my polymer test kit that I never fully...