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Fluence Corporation Articles
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Unlocking Financial Flexibility: How BOO and Leasing Can Reduce CAPEX for Your Water Treatment Projects
Discover how BOO financing solutions - as well as lease options - are helping water infrastructure projects get off the ground When it’s time to expand, repair, or replace water and wastewater treatment infrastructure, public utilities ...
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How Should the EPA’s Meat and Poultry Products Effluent Guidelines Be Changed?
The federal agency presents multiple options to enhance limits on nutrient discharges into waterways Meat and poultry products (MPP) processing facilities significantly contribute to nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in fresh water. ...
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Essentials for a Successful Industrial Water Reuse Project
Plans must consider local conditions and plant characteristics Industrial companies are increasingly interested in reusing their water for multiple purposes. Several factors are driving this trend. As industries face more stringent environmental ...
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Why Is There Diversification of Anaerobic Digester Designs?
Engineers consider a range of factors — including the waste to be treated and the desired outcome — when designing an AD system Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a well-established technology for the treatment of organic waste streams. ...
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Packaged Wastewater Treatment Plants for Homeowners Associations
Homeowners associations and their communities can benefit from decentralized treatment using modular packaged plants Homeowners Associations (HOAs) often find themselves out of compliance with wastewater treatment regulations. This may be due to ...
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A Closer Look at EFC Anaerobic Digesters
EFC reactors bring many advantages for treating high COD wastewater The external forced circulation (EFC) reactor is a type of anaerobic digester developed by Fluence that is particularly suited for the treatment of high soluble COD ...
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The EFC Advantage in Confectionary Wastewater Treatment
Fluence’s EFC reactor boosts anaerobic digestion to efficiently deal with high flows and high organic load. Industrial operations are often charged high rates for municipal infrastructure to treat their high-strength wastewater. Pretreating ...
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Decentralized Treatment: A Modern Approach to Water Management
Water management is waking up to attractive decentralized options In 2013, the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association described decentralized wastewater treatment systems as “the redheaded stepchildren of the ...
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Fighting Saline Intrusion With Desalination
30 years of data show salinity of groundwater increasing even far from coasts After 30 years of monitoring wells, the latest U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research shows groundwater across the nation is becoming saltier. It has long been ...
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How Can We Provide More Water to Africa?
Some 63% of cities below the Sahara lack adequate water and sanitation. How can we offer more equitable access? The population in African cities is expected to double by 2050 to 1.5 billion, according to a report published by the World ...
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Unburdening Aging Water Infrastructure
As legacy plants and pipelines deteriorate, strategies including water reuse and desalination are providing alternatives Just after the turn of the millennium, the American Water Works Association warned of a coming Replacement Era, during ...
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Solutions for Removing Arsenic from Prison Drinking Water
Study finds that people in prison and low-income communities have been exposed to unsafe levels of arsenic for years, but there are cost-effective ways to ensure equitable access to safe water A new study conducted by researchers from the ...
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Revolutionizing Caribbean Water Resources Management
The Caribbean Sea region faces various water-related challenges, including scarcity, quality issues, climate change impacts, and the need for equitable and efficient management. Sustainable water management in the Caribbean is therefore crucial for ...
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Water Trends in the Hospitality Industry
Hotels and resorts can overcome the challenge of limited fresh water and meet their water needs with desalination and water reuse One of the biggest challenges that hotels and resorts in the Caribbean face is meeting the growing demand for a ...
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Israel’s Water Scenarios Hold Lessons for Similar Regions
Population growth will drive demand in arid nation Few nations have embraced desalination and wastewater reuse as fully as water-stressed Israel. Since 2000, Israel has constructed five large-scale desalination plants for a combined ...
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Investing in Wastewater Infrastructure Is Essential to Caribbean Tourism
Sparkling water, clean sands, and vibrant reefs are what attract visitors The Caribbean is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, and coastal economies are the most tourism-dependent. The star is sparkling seas, which support coral ...
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How Many Anaerobic Digesters Are in the US?
There is enormous potential to increase the extraction of energy from farm waste Agricultural waste is one of the largest sources of methane emitted into the atmosphere from human activities. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas but ...
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Hotels Are Embracing Water Sustainability
Industry group’s Responsible Stay initiative takes on water conservation while providing guests with an optimal experience In December 2022, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) announced its Responsible ...
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When Is It Best to Use Anaerobic Digestion?
The benefits can be compelling, but several factors must be considered Anaerobic digestion is a biological process that breaks down organic matter in the absence of oxygen, producing biogas and nutrient-rich sludge. Used in wastewater ...
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Using Granular Sludge to Improve Digester Performance
Granular sludge technology compounds already impressive benefits of anaerobic digestion Anaerobic digestion is a robust process that transforms organic waste into valuable biogas for energy, as well as nourishing biosolids for agriculture. ...