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Lagoon Algae Prevention and Treatment: Strategies and Methods
Summertime is boom time for algae due to the warm temperatures, abundant sunlight, and high nutrient loads. Excessive algal blooms in wastewater lagoons cause…
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Summer Ammonia Removal: Optimizing Warm-Weather Nitrification
Summer ammonia removal via nitrification is less of a challenge for lagoons than cold weather ammonia removal, as nitrifying bacteria are temperature sensitive and…
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Lagoon Cyanobacteria: The Blue-Green Algae Blooms of Summer
Lagoon cyanobacteria can cause a thick scum on the surface of the water and nasty odors. During the summer, the combination of sunlight, warm water…
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The Hidden Costs of Replacing a Lagoon with a Mechanical Plant
When confronted with new effluent limits, many municipalities feel their only option is to scrap their otherwise adequate lagoon system and replace it with…
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Lagoon Aeration System Design: Calculations and Common Pitfalls
To ensure wastewater treatment objectives are met, a lagoon aeration system design must be customized for its specific application.In this video, Patrick Hill outlines…
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Lagoon Lemna: Pros and Cons of Duckweed in a Wastewater Pond
Lagoon lemna, or duckweed, has been a popular topic on our Lagoons Do It Better Facebook group. That's because, like algae and sludge, duckweed…
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Lagoon Pests: Coping with Invasive Species
We hope you were able to participate in our last live webinar, Lagoon Pests: Coping with Invasive Species. If not, you can watch it…
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Spring Lagoon Odors: Can Lagoon Circulators Prevent Them?
It's spring! The snow is melting, the birds are chirping, and all the solids that settled to the bottom of the wastewater lagoon over…
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Lagoon Aeration Upgrade: Case Study of Danielsville, GA
A lagoon aeration upgrade can improve treatment and save thousands of dollars in energy, operations, and maintenance costs. Because Triplepoint aerators are portable, the retrofit…
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Ammonia Case Study featured in TPO Magazine
Our ammonia case study of the NitrOx installation in De Soto, IA, is featured in the October 2021 issue of Treatment Plant Operator magazine!…
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Summer Lagoon Nitrification: Optimizing Warm-Weather Ammonia Removal
Nitrification is the most common way to biologically remove ammonia in wastewater lagoons. In this process, ammonia treatment occurs via bacteria already present in…
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Low Maintenance Lagoon Aeration Case Study
Six Years Ago, this Oregon Wastewater District Was Promised 40% Lower Energy Costs. Today, They’re Still Saving and Their Triplepoint Aerators Are Nearly Maintenance…
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