Effluent Articles

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Trout On Display

An aquarium inside an Idaho treatment plant demonstrates the life-giving quality of the facility’s Class A reuse effluent.

USGS Study Finds Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater

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USGS Study Finds Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater

According to a recent study of an effluent-dominated creek, contaminants from treated municipal wastewater can leak into shallow groundwater.

September 23, 2014

To A New Level

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To A New Level

First-of-a-kind technologies enable creation of a “complete removal” tertiary treatment system from a lagoon facility in central California.

August 14, 2014

Massive Man-made Wetlands System Treats Wastewater

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Massive Man-made Wetlands System Treats Wastewater

A unique water reuse project uses sedges, rushes and other plants to filter effluent-dominated water.

August 12, 2014

Innovator: Treatment Plant Celebrates 75 Years of Secondary Treatment

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Innovator: Treatment Plant Celebrates 75 Years of Secondary Treatment

Coeur d’Alene’s treatment facility had biological treatment 33 years ahead of the first Clean Water Act.

August 04, 2014