Stories segment: Water

Raising a glass to tap water

Taken for granted by millions around the world, clean, fresh tap water is a luxury that deserves far more appreciation than it gets. But piping it direct to your tap takes more than just a drop of smart engineering and a splash of chemistry.

Smarter phosphorus treatment

Phosphorus is one of the vital building blocks for life. It is essential for example for animal feed and food production. At the same time, in wastewater it is a nuisance that needs to be removed. Pioneering solutions for both phosphorus removal and recycling is important to us, our wastewater treatment plant customers, as well as the society at large.

Does your sludge handling operation require a booster shot?

Double-digit figures of the operational costs of wastewater plants but also some industries are in sludge disposal. By using the correct chemistry in combination with smart process management technologies, significant cost-efficiencies can be achieved.

Summer’s here – don’t go swimming in any-old muck

While millions of people flock to the beaches and public pools this summer, and cautiously cover themselves in sunscreen to avoid sunburn, still too few ask questions about the quality of the water they plunge into to cool down from the heat.

Sludge dewatering – the smart way

Around 10–20%% of the operational costs of wastewater plants are in sludge disposal. Have you optimized your sludge handling to the max? Watch our on-demand webinar to find out exactly how.

Sh*t happens, so why don’t we make the most of it?

We all produce it and contribute to the problem, increasingly so due to the global population growth. Poop, feces, waste – call it what you want, you get the drill. How many of us even know where it disappears in the modern society? We need to come up with ways to stop wasting and start reusing. It is the one plentiful resource that is not likely to run out.

Why waste money treating the same bio-solids twice?

Peo Sundstrand, a Process Engineer at Gästrike Vatten’s Duvbacken treatment plant in Gävle, Sweden, has a clear priority. His aim is to make sure the level of suspended solids (SS) in the reject water leaving the sludge dewatering centrifuges is as low as possible.

A sludge dewatering pro with a solution approach

Ronald van Rossum is an expert in sludge dewatering applications. He’s driven by solving the challenges we face in the water cycle, improving sustainability and efficiency.

Can a wastewater treatment plant get kidney stones? For Miami-Dade County, the pain was excruciating.

Hopefully you’ve never experienced the agony of a kidney stone. If you have, you’ve probably taken measures to avoid getting one ever again. Miami-Dade’s South District Plant had lived through enough - so they called Kemira in to relieve the pain.

The secret ingredient is creativity

With the help of digitalization, chemistry know-how, and creative thinking, Tafadzwa "Tee" Mariga is introducing the benefits of real-time monitoring and optimization to his water treatment customers.