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What is a wastewater treatment lagoon? How do they work? What types of lagoons exist?
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What is a wastewater treatment lagoon?

May 24, 2023
The basics of wastewater treatment lagoons, why they are used, and how to maintain them.
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What is anammox deammonification?

May 23, 2023
This nitrogen removal process uses anaerobic ammonium oxidation to convert nitrite and ammonium into nitrogen, posing significant advantages over nitrification/denitrification...
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Wastewater Treatment

What is onsite biological treatment?

May 2, 2023
This type of treatment covers an essential step for many wastewater treatment plants and has countless different approaches.
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What is the National Pretreatment Program?

April 20, 2023
An effort to protect POTWs from toxic pollutants discharged by non-domestic sources, the National Pretreatment Program uses permit requirements to enforce compliance.
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What is a gravity sewer?

March 15, 2023
With its often simple design, the gravity sewer system can be an economical approach to delivering wastewater to a local treatment plant — when the circumstances are right.