Practical Applications of Microbiology & Microscopy in Wastewater: Assessing Plant Health and Performance

Biological wastewater treatment employs microscopic organisms to breakdown waste and ensure clean effluent. These “bugs” are often referred to as the hardest working employees at wastewater treatment facilities. As microscopes become a standard tool in wastewater facilities and laboratories, operators have an opportunity to add a powerful tool to their [...]

By |2023-06-20T14:40:51-04:00June 20, 2023||0 Comments

PFAS Strategic Planning – Public Utility

August Mack was retained by a large water and wastewater utility serving over 1,000,000 customers to develop its overall strategy for managing PFAS associated with its operations. The utility uses groundwater and surface water to provide drinking water to its customers and operates an extensive wastewater conveyance and treatment system [...]

By |2023-03-07T10:19:52-05:00February 15, 2023|PFAS, Projects|0 Comments

Watershed: The Flint Water Crisis and EPA Lead Exposure Thresholds

The Flint drinking water crisis started in the spring of 2014 when Flint, Michigan changed its public water supply source to the Flint River and officials failed to apply corrosion inhibitors to the water. The lack of corrosion inhibitors caused lead to leach from aging supply lines and contaminate the [...]

By |2020-08-11T16:15:53-04:00February 19, 2020|Building Sciences, Due Diligence, News|0 Comments
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