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Knowing the Differences Between Pumps
Pumps move liquids and gases. Whether it’s in an oil rig, a wastewater treatment system, a car’s heating and cooling system, or a refrigerator, a pump’s purpose is to use mechanical energy to create pressure differences that push and move fluid things. OK, that’s what they do – but how do you pick out a good one from the crowd?
December 29, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 1950s-2020s
December 05, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 1800s-1940s
December 04, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 2500s BC-1400s CE
November 22, 2025
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December 29, 2025
Knowing the Differences Between Pumps
Pumps move liquids and gases. Whether it’s in an oil rig, a wastewater treatment system, a car’s heating and cooling system, or a refrigerator, a pump’s purpose is to use mechanical energy to create pressure differences that push and move fluid things. OK, that’s what they do – but how do you pick out a good one from the crowd?
December 05, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 1950s-2020s
Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the wastewater industry pushed through its infancy. Industrialized countries across the globe were experimenting with settling tanks and mechanical aeration, using activated sludge and microbes for biological filtration, and planning infrastructure with sewers and treatment plants.
December 04, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 1800s-1940s
In the wastewater treatment universe, the time before the discovery of bacteria and viruses was rough. Really rough. Especially as waterways became more and more polluted with waste. Humans, however, knew intuitively that collecting and removing the waste would keep their environment clean and healthy. The discovery of microorganisms and their links to disease validated these ideas.
November 22, 2025
Highlights in Wastewater History, 2500s BC-1400s CE
You may be involved in the wastewater industry – but what do you know about its history? How did sanitation and sewage treatment develop? Who engineered it? And when did it evolve into what we have today?
November 17, 2025
Why Care About Water? Managing Wastewater Better
On planet Earth, water is an essential resource. We drink it. We cook and clean with it. We hydrate our plants with it, generate energy with it, and cool banks of computers with it. We also use water to wash away human-generated waste of all kinds – from our own discard and excrement to waste created during manufacturing, irrigation, and other processes.
November 10, 2025
STEP System Becomes an Ideal Solution
Advanced onsite septic systems and a community effluent sewer installed in an aging Vero Beach, Florida, neighborhood exemplify how thinking outside the gravity sewer norm can ultimately help both homeowners and the environment with wastewater management and treatment.