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The Water Research Foundation Releases Seminal Drinking Water Guidance Manual Carollo-led project advances biofiltration best practices for improved water quality The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has published the highly anticipated Biofiltration Guidance Manual for Drinking Water Facilities, which gives water utilities a standard set of guidelines and best practices for improving overall water quality and customer satisfaction. Developed as part of WRF Project 4719 and led by Carollo Engine...

The Water Tower Releases First Stakeholder-Driven Lake Lanier Watershed Five-Year Research Plan Plan provides multi-year research roadmap including 32 project concepts to address critical needs in Lanier watershed to support communities across North Georgia The Water Tower, the new water innovation hub in Buford, Georgia, announces the release of its Lake Lanier Watershed Five-Year Research Plan. The plan, developed with input from local stakeholders and technical experts, provides a multi-year...

Co-Digesting Food Waste With Wastewater Solids To Produce Energy By Rashi Gupta Inspired in part by California’s Senate Bill 1383, which was enacted to reduce organic waste and methane emissions, co-digestion is fulfilling those goals while converting wastewater treatment plants into water resource recovery facilities. With each passing year, the effects of climate change become harder to ignore. The U.S. West Coast has borne the brunt of many such effects: Scientists continue to connect drie...

PLEASANTON — The council will soon receive an update on the city’s ambitious water rehabilitation plan and consider a request for additional funding to evaluate wells. “The project is on track,” said Kathleen Yurchak, Pleasanton’s director of operations and water utilities operations services. “To date, a preferred centralized treatment site has been identified at the Operations Service Center (on Busch Road).” According to Yurchak, during the upcoming Jan. 19...

Leesburg breaks ground on wastewater facility expansion Cindy Peterson LEESBURG — On Thursday, Leesburg city officials broke ground on the new expansion of the Turnpike Wastewater Treatment Facility which will upgrade the existing infrastructure at 1600 County Road 470 in Okahumpka, and add an additional facility that will increase the capacity from 3 million gallons per day to 4.5 million gallons per day.  The $21.6 million project is said to keep up with the growing population of South Lee...