In the frozen food industry, Listeria is a particularly challenging bacteria as it does not go dormant at low temperatures. Bacterial counts also naturally increase throughout processing and packaging, which requires the operator to closely monitor bacterial levels and conduct complete shutdowns for CIP when necessary.

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. faced a two-pronged water challenge at one of its many underground mines. At the South Mine of the company’s Gibson County Coal in Indiana, solid-laden water needed to be pumped out of the mine, and a dewatering system needed to be installed in an area with limited space. Multiple pumps had to fit into a mine void less than eight feet high with a narrow, 20-foot entry span.

According to Utilitalia, 38 percent of water is lost on average from the country’s distribution networks. By reducing these losses, the country’s utilities can achieve a more sustainable water supply, lower energy demand, and better financial stewardship.

The challenge for Adirondack Beverages was to meet United States Pharmacopeia (USP 23) regulations for the production of bottled water and to be able to meet future USP 24 regulations without additional equipment.

Several countries and multi-national oil companies are exploiting fields off West African coastlines – including Gabon and Congo – through on-shore plants and off-shore platforms.

Ag Processing Inc. (AGP) is a farmer-owned cooperative that processes, markets, and transports grains and grain products. Since its formation in 1983, AGP has grown to include 175 local cooperatives representing over 250,000 farmers throughout the Midwest.

As a municipality with significant fluctuations in water consumption—extremely high demand during the summer—that also relies on multiple reservoir and pumping stations to deal with issues associated with its complicated terrain, the town of Calpe, Spain wanted to optimize their water cycle management.

Evoqua Water Technologies LLC was contacted by a South Florida Municipality to provide an odor control solution for a lift station within their collection system. In the past, the municipality had implemented biofiltration for control of atmospheric hydrogen sulfide. However, in recent years the biofilter was removed, leaving the lift station untreated and exposed to high sulfide concentrations.

Minimizing downtime while maintaining excellent plant sanitation and smooth operations are critical in processing fresh produce, such as tomatoes, which have a limited harvest season of approximately 100 days. With hundreds of tons of tomatoes arriving by truck daily, the plant needed every advantage to ensure cleanliness and keep it running like clockwork. As traditional biocides simply retard microbial growth, periodic plant sanitization shutdowns are required since these biocides do not completely kill the bacteria. In attempt to improve the overall efficiency and cleanliness of the plant....

Scottish Water has a 25-year strategic plan for renewing infrastructure to provide high-quality water services that benefit people and the planet. Aging infrastructure is one of the utility’s primary challenges, with many pipelines built over 50 years ago and some well over 100 years old.

Online water quality monitoring systems were deployed to protect treatment processes, improve resilience and ensure availability of clean water to the customers supplies.

One of the largest U.S. producers of construction aggregates decided to relocate their processing plant to facilitate increased production capacity. However, the new location was further away from the plant’s water supply.

A shot seal would usually float, buoyed by its blubber atop the dense saltwater of Canada’s Hudson Bay.