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As stewards of public funds, Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) can be conservative in their approach to new technologies and processes, which hinders the advancement of technology and limits beneficial returns. This reluctance can be overcome by reducing perceived complexity surrounding pilot-scale projects, and by demonstrating applicable technologies, costs, and logistics. Sharing and documenting the lessons learned from conducting demonstration projects can encourage utilities to consider new technologies and increase confidence in decision-making.
WERF’s experience with utilities engaged in the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) focus groups indicates that the utilities may be inexperienced with new technologies and unfamiliar with the steps required for a successful demonstration project that empowers the utility with enough information to make informed decisions on new technologies. This project will examine the perceived and real complexities in conducting demonstration studies by featuring industry-relevant examples to elevate understanding of technologies, performance expectations, and implementation processes.
Project Number: ENER11R13
Identification of Barriers to Energy Efficiency and Solutions to Promote These Practices
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Towards a Renewable Future: Assessing Resource Recovery as a Viable Treatment Alternative: State of the Science and Market Assessment
Implementation of extractive resource recovery technologies at water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) has been limited to date (2015). This research sought to facilitate a more widespread...
Towards a Renewable Future: Assessing Resource Recovery as a Viable Treatment Alternative: Case Studies of Facilities Employing Extractive Nutrient Recovery Technologies
Extractive nutrient recovery, defined as the production of chemical nutrient products devoid of significant organic matter, represents a complementary strategy for managing nutrients in multiple...
Evaluating the Impacts of Cold and Wet Weather Events on Biological Nutrient Removal in Water Resource Recovery Facilities Nutrients
Maintaining effective biological nutrient removal (BNR) capability during adverse weather events can be challenging for water resource recovery facilities (WRRF). Mitigation of the impact of these...
Development of a Metals Toxicity Protocol for Biosolids
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Chemical Exposure and Effects in Freshwater Aquatic Species
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Ultrasonic Destruction of Surfactants: Application to Industrial Wastewaters
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Can TMDL Models Reproduce the Nutrient Loading-Hypoxia Relationship?
Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of estuaries is a problem dramatically transforming coastal ecosystems worldwide (Diaz and Rosenberg 2008). Despite significant public and private sector...
Developing a Stress-Test to Assess Drinking Water Distribution Systems Under Changing Demand
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The drinking water distribution system (DWDS) is a critical infrastructure and a costly asset with a life time of several decades. With rapidly...
Numerical and Experimental Characterizations of Dose Distributions in UV Disinfection Systems
UV photoreactors, especially those used for disinfection, have emerged as important alternatives to conventional treatment operations. UV dose represents the master variable in governing the...
Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities – Second Edition
Water risks and security are a major global hazard in the 21st century and it is essential that water professionals have a solid grounding in the principles of preventative risk management.
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Use of Novel Techniques to Quantify Phenotypes in Biological Treatment Process
This research attempts to evaluate nitrification treatment performance in combined carbon/nitrogen municipal wastewater reactors using traditional physical/chemical methods and modern molecular...