In Part 2 of this series, we discussed how metals can be removed from wastewater by altering their solubility and forcing precipitation via the addition of...

Unless you’ve been living on a desert island with no access to the news, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk recently about emerging contaminants known...

Twenty years ago, equipped with solid expertise and little more than a pencil, I made the bold decision to turn my passion for water treatment into...

As winter gives way to spring, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) across Canada face a wave of seasonal challenges. Rising temperatures and snowmelt bring significant shifts in...

In Part 1 of this series, we talked about the types of metals found in wastewater, their relative toxicity, impacts on human health and the environment...

On occasion, untreated wastewater will contain nitrogen compounds that need to be processed to ensure excess quantities do not accumulate in the environment. In conjunction with...

  Affected Industries, Environmental Impact and General Removal Methods This article kicks off a multipart series focusing on the removal of metals from wastewater.  Our first...

As Lavoisier so aptly put it: Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. When using settling and or floatation-based processes as part of the...

The Arrhenius Law, introduced by Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius in 1889, is fundamental in understanding how temperature influence’s reaction rates in chemical reaction kinetics. This principle...