Tag Archives: Process control

Great Water Cities Panelist Lars Schrøder Explores New Solutions to Extreme Weather

August 21, 2015

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WEFTEC Great Water Cities 2015-Lars Schroder Featured

Lars Schrøder, chief executive officer of Aarhus Water Ltd. (Aarhus, Denmark), joins a panel of water leaders to discuss changes occurring in cities around the world at WEFTEC® 2015. During the session, “The Impact of Leadership: Culture, Communication, and Community in Great Water Cities,” scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon on Sept. 28, attendees will […]

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WEF’s No-Charge Webcasts Feature Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Preliminary Treatment, and Headworks

February 2, 2015

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Wastewater Treatment Modeling 201 During this continuation of the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF’s; Alexandria, Va.) Wastewater Treatment Modeling 101 webcast, leading experts will introduce several advanced water resource recovery facility modeling topics of interest, such as a review of modeling basics, process optimization, aeration design, general control strategy design, and model sensitivity analysis. Feb. 25, 1–3 […]

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WEF Webcasts Cover Sustainability, Process Control, Force Mains, Watershed Modeling

July 3, 2014

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Envision™ A Sustainable Water Sector Developed by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI; Washington, D.C.), the Envision™ rating system provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the social, environmental, and economic benefits of infrastructure projects of all types and sizes. This webcast will explain how water and wastewater utilities are using the rating system […]

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Basis of Design: A Wastewater Operator’s Working Paradigm

May 21, 2014

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Photo courtesy of John Seldon.

John Seldon, WEF Member and founder of Temporary Operations and Maintenance Inc. John Seldon, a Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) member since 1980, is founder and president of Temporary Operations and Maintenance Inc. (Port Burwell, Ontario) and a principal of Envir-O-Site Inc. (Sarnia, Ontario). During his career, Seldon has focused on optimizing municipal and […]

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Defining a ‘Basis-of-Design’ Technologist–Operator

September 10, 2013

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Photo courtesy of John Seldon.

John Seldon, WEF Member and Founder of Temporary Operations and Maintenance Inc. John Seldon, a Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) member since 1980, is founder and president of Temporary Operations and Maintenance Inc. (Port Burwell, Ontario) and a principal of Envir-O-Site Inc. (Sarnia, Ontario). During his career, Seldon has focused on optimizing municipal and […]

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Presenting an Alternative to BOD

July 16, 2013

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Three lab managers discuss their switch to TOC analysis in a no-charge August webcast   Next month, a webcast will help Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) members shift from the biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) laboratory test to the quicker, less expensive total organic carbon (TOC) test for permit compliance and process control improvements. The […]

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Learn About Nondispersibles, Integrated Planning, Process Control, and Leadership Training in Water Environment Federation Webcasts

June 13, 2013

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Flushable or Not? Dispersing the Nondispersible Problem June 19, 1–3 p.m. (EDT) Register now. Integrated Planning Framework in Action: Baltimore’s New Integrated Plan To Address Water Quality Impacts June 26, 1–2:30 p.m. (EDT) Register now. Process Control for Activated Sludge June 27, 1–3 p.m. (EDT) Register now. Building Effective Supervisor and Leadership Training Programs: Three […]

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WEFTEC 2013 Operator Ingenuity Contest Wants More of Your Ingenious Fixes

May 9, 2013

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At WEFTEC® 2012, the Operator Ingenuity Awards recognized simple, imaginative, inventive, and effective ways operators and managers found to overcome pesky problems. This year, WEFTEC 2013 is seeking more creative, innovative, and straightforward solutions to the problems operators face every day. Often, the big solutions come from a tweak here or a little fix there. […]

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