by ebs | Sep 9, 2024 | Featured, Mixed Liquor Suspended Solids, Refinery, Testing, Wastewater
Testing for different categories of compounds in wastewater—such as readily biodegradable, slowly biodegradable, recalcitrant, and toxic compounds is crucial for several reasons related to environmental protection, wastewater treatment efficiency, and public health....
by ebs | Jul 10, 2024 | Activated Sludge Systems, Suspended Solids
The return of healthy biological solids is essential to the performance of activated sludge systems. Along with concentrated biomass, inhibitory and toxic chemicals that can cause WET testing failures or treatment deficiencies may be returned to the system by being...
by ebs | Dec 14, 2023 | Advanced Analytical Lab, Testing
Pulp and Paper Within our Pulp and Paper testing suite, AAL offers two test groups unique to the Pulp and Paper industry. Terpenes and Resin Acids are two chemical classes found naturally in trees. Turpentine, which consists of terpenes such as alpha-Pinene and...
by ebs | Dec 12, 2023 | Outage, Weather
by ebs | Jan 11, 2022 | Cold weather
Being proactive during cold weather can noticeably reduce wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upsets. A reduction in temperature can cause a well-running WWTP to have issues almost overnight. Bacteria do not remove BOD or reproduce as effectively during the colder...
