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Impact of Surfactants on Wastewater Treatment Plants

by Erik Rumbaugh | Feb 3, 2025 | Uncategorized, Wastewater Troubleshooting, Whitepaper

Surfactants, or surface-active agents, are among the most common chemcials used in both households and industrial facilities. Found in everything from personal care products to industrial cleaners, these chemical compounds reduce surface tension between two...

Differences in aeration system Oxygen Transfer Efficiency (OTE) and why it is important to wastewater treatment

by Erik Rumbaugh | Dec 10, 2024 | Uncategorized

For aerobic wastewater treatment systems, maintaining Dissolved Oxygen levels is key to efficient treatment. Operating a combination of blowers or surface aerators represents a significant use of energy/utility costs. Picking the correct aeration system and placement...

Using qPCR to diagnose the problem after losing nitrification

by Erik Rumbaugh | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized

Nitrification is one of the most complex and crucial processes within the wastewater microbial community. This biochemical process involves the conversion of ammonia (NH₃) into nitrate (NO₃⁻) and is carried out by a specialized group of microorganisms known as...
Understanding qPCR vs. MCA Tests in Wastewater Applications: Choose the Right Molecular Method for Your Needs

Understanding qPCR vs. MCA Tests in Wastewater Applications: Choose the Right Molecular Method for Your Needs

by Aster Bio | Oct 4, 2024 | Uncategorized

In wastewater treatment and environmental monitoring, molecular testing technologies have revolutionized the way we analyze microbial populations and identify specific contaminants. But what’s the difference? qPCR vs MCA Tests… Among these technologies,...

Common Functional Groups in Wastewater Treatment

by Erik Rumbaugh | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized

When discussing wastewater system organisms, we clump organisms into functional groups based on their ecological impact(s) in wastewater treatment. After working with Microbial Community Analysis (MCA) testing for over 8 years, Aster Bio now reports % of reads in the...
Impact of high temperatures on wastewater treatment

Impact of high temperatures on wastewater treatment

by Erik Rumbaugh | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized

Rapid temperature changes tend to cause more problems than gradual drift in WW. Even with slow increase in temperatures, you reach inflection points where system drifts above the growth range of most common mesophilic organisms. Most common genera in WW thrive up to...
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