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General Information

Background information including Glossaries of Terms.

Conferences and Courses

Conferences, Seminars, Event Calendars and Courses.

 

Process Information

Bulking and Foaming, Control, Design, Hazardous Wastes, Nitrification/Denitrification, Phosphorus Removal, Sedimentation, Selectors, Sludge Dewatering and Disposal, Other Wastewater Topics.

Modelling

Research, Software.

 

Microbiology of Activated Sludge

Aspects of Wastewater Microbiology, Filamentous Bacteria, Higher Organisms and Protozoa, Some Non-wastewater Microbiology Sites.

 

Organizations

Organizations, Municipal Treatment Plant profiles

Searching for More Information on the Web

Newsgroups, Mailing Lists, Search Engines.

 

Publications

Books, Bookshops, Journals, Newsletters, Reference Lists, Publishers, Technical Reports and Papers.

 

Software

Software Lists, Software Developers, Activated Sludge Software Demos, Related Software, CD-ROMS.

 

Research Groups

Services and Suppliers

Consulting, Equipment, Laboratories.

 

Miscellaneous

General Wastewater Sites, Other Sites, Recently Added Sites (not yet classified), e-mail addresses.

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• Introduction to Wastewater Systems, from Greater Vancouver Regional District.
• A Guide to Wastewater Treatment, from Greater Vancouver Regional District.
• Occupational Outlook, Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators US Dept. Labour.
• About Household Sewage KAO Consumer Life Science Research Laboratory.
• Managing Household Wastewater - self assessment, Mississippi State University.
• Thomas Crapper: A Man, A Plan, A Commode!
• The Great Toilet Paper Shortage by Steve Silverman.
• The History of Plumbing theplumber.com.
• Fecal Matters (the poop on poop) PlumbingSupply.com.
• Management of Residential Wastewater Systems North Carolina State University.
• Municipal Wastewater sources and characteristics Environment Canada.
• Swimming in Sewage Contaminated Waters Farnborough College of Technology, UK.
• Plumbing Poetry Nice & Easy Multimedia Pty Ltd.
• Water Works! by Environment Canada.
• Sewers of London Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3 Historical tour, by Mary Gayman.
• History of Melbourne sewage system South East Water, Vic, Australia.
• Paris: Urban Sanitation before the 20th century by Frederique Krupa.
• Ancient Wastewater Treatment by Erik Schiff.
• Glossary of Water Analysis Terms Water Quality Association.
• Glossary of Water Resource Terms, by Gregg A. Eckhardt.
• Glossary of Environmental Terms NTTC.

Conferences/Seminars

• BNR3 Conference, Biological Nutrient Removal 30 Nov to 4 Dec 97, Brisbane, Australia.

 

• Conference on Stormwater and Related Modeling 19-20 February, 1998, Toronto, Ontario.

 

• IAWQ Conferences International Association on Water Quality.

 

• WEDC Conferences Water, Engineering & Development Centre, Loughborough University, UK. Conferences in Africa and Asia.

 

• IAWQ Conferences in Australia.

 

• BCWWA Conferences/Seminars British Columbia, Canada.

 

• Wastewater Modelling Seminars by Hydromantis in Canada, USA and Europe.

 

Event Calendars

• Geophysical Year Calendar, meetings and conferences AGU Web Site.
• Water Quality conferences and calls for papers US Dept. Agriculture.
• Events and Associations Pollution Online.
• Water/Wastewater Industry events (trade shows, seminars, etc.) Water Online.

Courses

• Biotechnology Research Centre La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia.
• IWES96 International Winter Environmental School, Queensland University, Australia.
• Environmental Microbiology University of Toronto, Canada.
• PhD studies Aalborg University, Denmark.
• Institute for Aquatic Environmental Engineering Karlsruhe, Germany
• WEDC Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, UK.
• Wastewater Biology Courses Penn State Conservation Leadership Schools, USA.
• Water and Wastewater Correspondence Courses California State University, USA.
• Environmental Engineering Michigan Technological University, USA.
• Environmental Engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
• Operator Education Program BCWWA, Canada.
• Environmental Operators Certification Program BCWWA, Canada.
• Treatment Plant Operators Michigan Certification Requirements, USA.
• Wastewater technology & Process Control Linn-Benton Community College, Albany, USA.
• Activated Sludge Workshops for pulp and paper mills Ray Kenny, Canada.
• Activated Sludge Process Control Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor, USA.

Aeration

• History of Aeration Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
• Increasing aeration system efficiency in wastewater treatment by BC Hydro, Canada.
• Sewage and Wastewater Treatment; Aeration project Geoff Evans.
• Aeration & Biological Treatments Universidada Catolica Portuguesa.

Bulking and Foaming

• Activated sludge bulking and foaming control. Jiri Wanner's book reviews literature on causes and possible solutions to these major solids separation problems.
• Also useful is the 2nd edition (1993) of "Manual on the Causes and Control of Activated Sludge Bulking and Foaming" by David Jenkins, Michael Richard and Glen Daigger, Lewis Publishers: Boca Raton, particularly for identification of the filamentous organisms responsible.
• For a microbiological slant on foaming problems see Soddell, JA and RJ Seviour (1990) "Microbiology of Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants", Journal of Applied Bacteriology 69, 145-176. See also, Filamentous Bacteria Wall Poster.
• Filamentous Bulking, Short and Long Term Control of Bulking Scientific Solutions Ltd.
• Professor Pagilla Research on control of filamentous bulking and Nocardia foaming in activated sludge.
• What makes mixed liquor foam? Newsgroup discussion.

Control

• Control of activated sludge waste water treatment plants using AI techniques Chris Hellinga.
• Control and Optimization of Wastewater Treatment Plants Uppsala University, Sweden.
• Activated sludge bulking and foaming control.
• Modelling and control of activated sludge processes, 1995.
• Modelling, Estimation and Control of Activated Sludge Processes research abstracts, Robert Tenno.
• Modelling/advanced control of an activated sludge treatment plant Maryland Sea Grant.
• Control of an Alternating Type Activated Sludge Process for Wastewater Nutrient Removal Rolf Hartmann.
• Identification and control of activated sludge plants Wageningen Agricultural University, Netherlands.
• Wastewater Instrumentation, Control & Automation - Steffens, Lant, Newell and Olsson.
• Design/Control strategies for high rate anaerobic treatment systems Ian Ramsay.
• Improved operation/control of the activated sludge process - PhD topic, Marc Steffens.
• LEE's Home Page PhD studies in advanced control of activated sludge.
• Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems: Modelling and Control Peter Dold.
• Development of Control of Paper Mill Water Systems HUT, LPC Research.
• Respirometry for optimization and control of watewater plants Minworth Systems Limited.

Design and Operation

• Improved Design/Operation of Wastewater Treatment Brouckaert, Baddock and Buckley.
• Improving performance of Anaerobic Digestors V L Pillay and C A Buckley.
• Improving pumping system efficiency in wastewater treatment BC Hydro, Canada.
• Pilot Plant Operations at Rolling Hills Water Treatment Plant Syed Qasim.
• Study of effects of Water Conservation on Wastewater plant performance Gal, Patry and Rivers.
• Water input Study on Design & Operation of Sewer/Wastewater System Peter Vanrolleghem.
• Sequencing Batch Reactors in Wastewater Treatment Abreu and Estrada.
• Sewage Treatment Plant case stories on Kaldnes process ITT Flygt, Sweden.
• Operating Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plants Minworth Systems Limited.
• Design and Management of Sewage Lagoons Tasmanian Govt. Australia.
• Reliability guidlelines for Mechanical Wastewater Treatment Plants Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
• Non-Filamentous Sludge Quality Problems Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Bioenergy From Anaerobically Treated Wastewater, paper by E. A. Richards.
• Application of batch settling flux analysis in secondary clarifiers Washington State University.

Hazardous Wastes and Safety Issues

• CCT Water and Wastewater Treatment Overview of UCLA Center for Clean Technology Program.
• Evaluation of technology for treatment of salt, metal and hydrocarbon contaminated waste sludge CAPP.
• Removing chlorophenols from water or soil by Edwin van Elk.
• Control of Odors and Grease in Municipal Waste Management American Bio Catalysts Inc.
• Control of Hydrogen Sulfide American Bio Catalysts Inc.
• Hydrogen Sulfide Kills, by Mary Gayman.
• Hydrogen Sulfide, guidelines for acute exposure CDC.
• Water/wastewater Safety Page, by Ron Altmann.

Nitrification/Denitrification

• Nitrification studies list by Paul John Ossenbruggen.
• The ANAMMOX Process ANoxic AMMonium OXidation.
• Accumulation of nitrite during nitrification Willi Gujer
• Creating anoxic zone solves settling problem caused by denitrification Gorenflo and Cross.
• Organisms capable of denitrification with methanol Willi Gujer.
• University of Florida Nitrification/Denitrification research projects.
• Nitrification/denitrification of the Wabash River Tippecanoe Laboratories, Indiana.
• Jeanette van der Vliet Nitrification/denitrification capacities of an aerobic wastewater treatment plant.
• Nitrification research publications Peter Vanrolleghem.
• NCSU Water Resource Characterization DSS Nitrate-Nitrite.
• Bioaugmentation Program to Restore Nitrification At A Gulf Coast Chemical Plant InterBio.
• Denitrification in the Bardenpho process and modern oxidation ditches Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Biological Denitrification of High Nitrate Waste Brines Research project by Sandra Cuevas.
• Molecular characterisation of nitrogen removing bacteria in activated sludge Burrell, Blackall and Keller.

Phosphorus Removal

• Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal in Activated Sludge Systems Max Maurer.
• Technische Universität Vienna Untersuchung zur biologischen Entfernung von Phosphor aus Abwasser.
• NCSU Water Resource Characterization DSS Phosphorus.
• Pilot Plant Research on Biological Phosphate and Nitrogen Removal Leeuw and de Jong.
• Phosphorus Removal research G.W. vanLoon.
• Scientific Committee on Phosphates in Europe newsletter.

Sedimentation

• Flotation & Sedimentation Universidada Catolica Portuguesa.
• Sedimentation Sven-Goran Bergh, IEA, Sweden.
• Sedimentation tutorial Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Selectors

• Activated sludge bulking and foaming control Book by Jiri Wanner discusses use of selectors.

Sludge Dewatering and Waste Disposal

• Wastewater Sludge Dewatering Conference proceedings.
• Surfactants and Sludge Effects of Surfactants on Sludge Dewatering (University of Delaware)
• Mercury in sludge Anthony Carpi - Papers on mercury in municipal sewage sludges.
• Baking wastewater sludge reduces quantity/toxicity of waste Enviro$en$e case study.
• Co-composting of waste and sewage sludge UK DTI research project.
• Stability of activated sludge flocs with implications to dewatering Bruus, Nielsen & Keiding.
• Composted Sewage Sludge Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System.
• Sludge Dewatering Technology US Army Corps Engineers
• Land application of Biosolids-Septage Wastes North Carolina State University
• Land Application of Municipal Sludge: Advantages and Concerns North Carolina State University
• Wastewater Discharge Regulations Waste Water Engineering Virtual Library
• Dealing with sludge Camden County M.U.A.
• Papermill sludge used as landfill field experiment.
• Land application of sewage sludges Cornell Cooperative.
• Reuse Of Reclaimed Wastewater Through Irrigation Ohio State University.

Waste Management

• Emergency Planning for Municipal Wastewater Facilities abstract from UWIN.
• EPA Policy on Combined Sewer Overflows.
• Sewerage pollution reduction strategies Stockholm Water, Sweden.
• Water Demand Management in Newfoundland Workshop presentations.
• Wastewater Reuse and Rural Land Management CSIRO.
• Reusing Treated Wastewater in Domestic Housing Toronto Healthy House project.
• Oxygen-Enriched Cocombustion of Sewage Sludge and Municipal Solid Waste Enviro$ense.
• Water pollution and control Expenditure per capita OECD comparison.
• Economics of Urban Runoff Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, US EPA.
• Waste Analysis and Sampling Procedures North Carolina State University
• Union Issues and News UWUA, Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
• Year 2000 Water and Sanitation workshop proceedings UNICEF workshop, WEDC.
• Sewage treatment water use in USA, 1990 U.S. Geological Survey.
• Guidelines for Developing a Liquid Waste Management Plan British Columbia Ministry of Environment.
• Effluent Plantation Project at Wagga Wagga CSIRO.
• Design and Management of Sewage Lagoons Tasmanian Govt. Australia.

Other Wastewater Topics

• TWRI Texas WaterNet Texas Water Research Institute.
• Nova Scotia Dept. of Agriculture Wetlands Research
• CSIRO/CRC Wastewater Treatment in Wetland Systems.
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) biodegradation
• Membrane bioreactor for treatment of wastewater.
• Acidogenic biotreatment of complex industrial wastewater
• Pacific NorthWest National Laboratory Abstracts on pollution minimization, waste treatment, remediation.
• Recovering metals from wastewater Lynn Yarris.
• Removal of metals in wastewater Mark Benjamin.
• Waste minimisation and effluent treatment in the textile industry UK DTI research project.
• EMILY Electronic Membrane Information Library.
• Infrared Analysis of Wastes CMST-CP Aug 1995 Progress Report.
• Denitrifying Sand Filter Wastewater Reclamation System David Venhuizen.
• Intermittent Sand Filtration of Wastewater David Venhuizen.
• Soil Treatment Mechanisms of On-Site Wastewater Treatment David Venhuizen.
• Algae Growth in Final Clarifiers mail list discussion.
• Toxic metal removal from wastewaters by Biosorptive Flotation of non-living activated sludge Solari and Zouboulis.
• A Brief History of Trenchless Technology University of Waterloo.
• Sludge Treatment with Reed Bed Technology Roy Consultants Group.
• The Sewer as a physical, chemical and biological reactor Willi Gujer, ETHZ.
• De-icing Salt is here to stay, but can be used more wisely Academy of Natural Sciences.

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• Water Science & Technology, Vol 31, Issue 2 Modelling and Control of Activated Sludge Processes.
• IIASA Publications Modelling/Operational Control of Activated Sludge Plants.
• Modelling of activated sludge systems Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Activated Sludge Advisor Prototype Expert System.
• Politecnico di Milano Model for Biological Nutrient Removal in Activated Sludge Plants.
• Maryland Sea Grant Modelling/advanced control of an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant.
• Michigan Technological University Applying IAWQ Model and SSSP software to simulate biological treatment plant situations.
• Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems: Modelling and Control Peter Dold.
• Determining Coefficients of Activated Sludge Models by Identification Algorithms Larrea, Garcia-Heras, Ayesa and Florez.
• Learning/Knowledge Based Wastewater Treatment Plant study UCI, Spain.
• CFD Modelling of Wastewater Treatment Ponds Matthew Wood.
• Wastewater Plant benchmark modelling Jens Alex.
• Mathematical Modelling of a Circular Clarifier Zhou and McCorquodale, WRSIC abstract.
• Environmental Modelling Centre University of Toronto.
• Steady-State Model for Aerobic Biological Wastewater Treatment W. H. McHarg.

Aspects of Wastewater Microbiology

• Bacteria and Viruses in Municipal Wastewater Gersberg, Brenner, Lyons and Elkins.
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
• CSM-Biothane Process for Anaerobic Wastewater food/paper processing wastewater.
• Composition of domestic sewage entering a waste treatment plant Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.
• Influence of Nutrients on Floc Architecture University of Toronto.
• Identification of Muconic Acids in Bleach Plant Effluents University of Toronto.
• Enhancing AOX Removal in Aerobic Biological Treatment Systems University of Toronto.
• Influence of Nutrients on AOX Removal in activated sludge plants University of Toronto.
• High-temp Biological Treatment of Bleached Pulp Mill Effluent University of Toronto.
• Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor Publication list includes some microbial studies.
• Monash University Microbiology of phosphate removal in wastewaters.
• Sewage Sludge as an Indicator of Metabolic Processes ETHZ Research Report.
• Microbiology of treatment Processes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Term Project.
• Molecular Diagnostics for Activated Sludge
• In situ characterization of bacterial consortia in activated sludge Rudolf Amann
• Microorganisms and higher plants for wastewater treatment 1983 paper by Wolverton, B.C., McDonald, R.C. and Duffer, W.R.
• Microbiology & bulking studies , Pascal FORMISYN Water-Soil Pollution Laboratory.
• Photomicrographs of microorganisms in industrial wastewaters Buckman Laboratories Inc.
• Microbiology Links Some include environmental and/or applied microbiology.
• Using Molecular Probing to Analyze Mixed Cultures in Activated Sludge Notre Dame University.
• Biotreatment of Industrial wastewater Hallas and Heitkamp.
• Coagulation and Flocculation of wastewater Sheree DiTerlizzi.
• Wastewater Treatment and Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites Microbiology Dept, Melbourne University.
• Sewer Overflows and their Biological Effects US EPA.
• Biology and Control of Toxic Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) CSIRO project.
• NCSU Water Resource Characterization DSS Viruses.
• Impact of Paper Chemicals on Activated Sludge Effluent Treatment System University of Toronto.
• Analysis of Activated Sludge Flocs in different treatment systems University of Toronto.
• Non-Filamentous Sludge Quality Problems Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
• Microorganism Atlas of bioindicators in wastewater treatment Agua y Medio Ambiente.
• Pfiesteria piscicida Aquatic Botany Laboratory, NCSU.
• Microbe digestion Triangle School Wetlands Wastewater Treatment System.

Filamentous Bacteria

• Activated sludge bulking and foaming control. Jiri Wanner's book discusses the main filamentous bacteria causing bulking and foaming problems.
• Soddell, JA and RJ Seviour (1990) "Microbiology of Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants." in Journal of Applied Bacteriology 69, 145-176. See also, Filamentous Bacteria Wall Poster.
• Also useful particularly for identification of the filamentous organisms responsible, is the 2nd edition (1993) of "Manual on the Causes and Control of Activated Sludge Bulking and Foaming" by David Jenkins, Michael Richard and Glen Daigger, Lewis Publishers: Boca Raton,
• Actinomycetes-Streptomyces Internet Resource Center, Minnesota University.
• Publications on filamentous micro-organisms in sludge Madoni, P & Davoli, D.

Higher Organisms and Protozoa

• NCSU Water Resource Characterization DSS Protozoans.
• Photomicrographs of microorganisms in industrial wastewaters Buckman Laboratories Inc.
• Biology of Microorganisms Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Some Non-wastewater Microbiological Sites

• EcoNet Mycology
• Microbial Underground
• Bioline Publications Online Microbiology, Bioremediation & Biotechnology.
• Australian Biotechnology
• Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools

Organizations

• Abwassertechnische Vereinigung German Association of Water Pollution Control.
• Advanced Wastewater Management Centre University of Queensland.
• Australian Water & Wastewater Association.
• CIWEM Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, UK.
• College and University Home Pages World-wide.
• CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia.
• Consortium of institutes for decentralized wastewater technology and management, Canada.
• EPA USA Environmental Protection Agency, United States.
• EPA Australia Environment Protection Authority, Australia.
• IAWQ International Association on Water Quality.
• IAWQ Special Interest Groups
• IAWQ Australia
• Malaysian Water Association.
• Universities Water Information Service.
• Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Electronic Network for Developing Country Needs.
• Office International de l'Eau France.

Municipal Treatment Plants

• Albany North wastewater treatment plant USA.
• Allegheny County Sanitary Authority UWUA website, USA
• Anglesea Wastewater Treatment Plant Vic, Australia.
• City of Arcata Wetland Wastewater Treatment Plant California, USA.
• City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility Texas, USA.
• Bargara Wastewater Treatment Plant (unofficial, courtesy of Tony James) QLD, Australia.
• Barwon Region Water Authority Vic, Australia.
• The Boston Harbor Cleanup USA.
• Boston Primary Treatment Plant USA.
• Brushy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Yarra Valley, Vic, Australia.
• Camben County Municipal Utilities Authority, New Jersey, USA.
• City of Castlegar South Canada.
• City of Clarksburg Wastewater Treatment Plant West Virginia, USA.
• Colorado Springs Wastewater Treatment Division, Colorado, USA.
• Coral Springs Improvement District Wastewater Treatment Plant USA.
• Town of Davie Wastewater Treatment Plant USA.
• Deer Island wastewater treatment Massachusetts, USA (unofficial, Wheelabrator EOS Inc.)
• East Bay Municipal Utility District - Wastewater Treatment System Oakland, USA.
• University of Florida Wastewater treatment plant/water reclamation facility, Florida, USA.
• Fort Collins Water and Wastewater Utilities USA.
• Glens Falls wastewater treatment plant profile USA.
• City of Grandville Wastewater Treatment Plant Michigan, USA.
• Grand Prairie Treatment Plant Texas, USA.
• Greater Vancouver Regional District Canada.
• Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District Wisconsin, USA.
• Guilderland wastewater treatment plant profile USA.
• J.A.M.E.S. wastewater plant, Abbotsford, Canada.
• Lehighton Wastewater Treatment Plant Pennsylvania, USA.
• Lynn Wastewater Treatment Plant (unofficial, Erik Schiff) Massachusetts USA.
• Johnson County Wastewater Kansas, USA.
• Johnstown Sewage Treatment Plant Pennsylvania, USA
• City of Mankato Wastewater Treatment Minnesota, USA.
• City of Margate Wastewater Treatment Plant Florida, USA.
• Central Marin Sanitation Agency wastewater treatment plant California, USA.
• Marsh Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant New York, USA.
• City of New Bedford Wastewater Division (see also the Unofficial New Bedford Treatment Plant) MA, USA.
• North Central Texas Joint Wastewater Systems Texas, USA.
• San Antonio Wastewater Treatment Texas, USA.
• Searcy Water and Sewer System Arkansas Utilities, USA.
• Seattle Drainage & Wastewater Utility, Seattle USA.
• Stockholm Water Company Stockholm, Sweden.
• Suffield Wastewater Control Facility CT, USA.
• Triangle School Wetlands Wastewater Treatment System Carolina, USA.
• Quincy Wastewater Treatment Plant Illinois, USA.
• Springfield Regional Treatment Plant New England, USA.
• Scottsdale Water Treatment Plant USA.
• Frank E. VanLare Wastewater Treament Plant New York, USA.
• Willow Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant Salem, USA.
• Yokosuka US Naval Base Sewage Treatment Plant Japan.

Newsgroups

• alt.wastewater
• bionet.microbiology
• bionet.software
• sci.bio.microbiology
• sci.bio.technology
• sci.chem
• sci.engr.chem
• sci.engr.civil
• sci.environment
• sci.environment.waste
• sci.geo.hydrology
• sci.geo.rivers+lakes
You can also search newsgroups for a topic using key words e.g. activated & sludge.

 

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Searching Information on the Web

A number of Web Search Engines, including the following, are available for finding information on the Web. Some are better than others for scientific searches!
• Alta Vista Net Search
• ALIWEB has sites in Europe , USA and Australia
• HotBot Net Search
• Lycos Net Search
• Open Text Net Search
• WebCrawler Net Search
• Yahoo Net Search
• Texas WaterNet Search Tool
• SavvySearch Multi-engine searches - Alta Vista, Open Text, Lycos and more.
• Dogpile Multiple search engines.
• Metasearch Multiple search engines Yahoo, Webcrawler, Lycos and more.
• Reference Desk List of multiple search engines
• W3 Search Engines Multiple search engines by classification
 

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Publications

Books

• IAWQ Publications - Books
• Activated sludge bulking and foaming control.
• Industrial Wastewater Treatment: A Guidebook.
• Nutrient Removal from wastewater.
• Modelling of activated sludge systems.
• Modelling and control of activated sludge processes, 1995.
• Simplified Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations.
• Wastewater Treatment, Biological and Chemical Process.
• Wastewater Treatment Using Genetically Engineered Microorganisms.
• Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems.
• Operator's Guide to Activated Sludge (pocketbooks).
• When the sludge hits the fan...

Journals

• IAWQ Publications
• Water Research
• Water Science and Technology
• Water Quality International
• IAWQ Journals contents-direct
• IAWQ Yearbook
• Korrespondenz Abwasser - monthly german wastewater journal
• CIWEM Journal
• Elsevier journals
• Journal of Fluids Engineering
• Biochemical Journals and Newsletters

Newsletters

• British Columbia Operators Digest
• Hazardous Waste Management newsletter Environmental Resource Center.
• KWRRI - Waterworks newsletter of Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute.
• Maine Rural Water Association Newsletter
• Texas On-Site Insights wastewater treatment newsletter from Texas WaterNet.
• WEDC - GARNET newsletter
• Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor, Engineers newsletter

Publishers and Bookshops

• List of Book Publishers anywhere in the world.
• WaterWeb bookstore Wastewater Books, Newsletters & Software.

Reference Lists

• US Water Research publication list Water, wastewater and groundwater documents.
• Wastewater Engineering Virtual Library Useful Wastewater Treatment References.
• Nova Scotia Dept. of Agriculture Artificial Wetlands Wastewater Treatment.
• Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor Technical Articles.
• Bibliography Purdue University Bibliography of Water Quality Educational Materials.
• NEIS Water Documents National Environmental Information Service - Most requested water, wastewater and groundwater documents.

Technical Reports

• IAWQ Technical Reports
 

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Software

Software Lists

• US EPA Environmental software programs
• Archives for Biological Software and Databases Around the World
• The Scientific Software Group Environmental Software
• Water Web Software catalogue
• Internet Software Guide for Engineers.

Wastewater Software

• Science Traveller International Steady-State Activated Sludge Simulation. See Demos below.
• Hydromantis Inc. See Demos below.
• WRCS Hydraflow Storm Sewers software.
• EFOR Krüger A/S.
• EpSelon Expert system wastewater treatment software, AEA Technology.
• ASIM Institut für Hydromechanik und Wasserwirtschaft, ETH Zürich.
• Optimal Control Research Ltd Large Scale Carbon Removal simulation software.
• Design and Management of Sewage Lagoons Tasmanian Govt. Australia.

Activated Sludge Software Demos

• SASSPro Demo software for Steady-state Activated Sludge Simulations from Science Traveller International.
• Hydromantis Demo FTP site Demo software for modelling and wastewater utility programs.
• LSCR Large Scale Carbon Removal simulation, from Optimal Control Research Ltd.

Other Software

• Water Modelling Software Archive US EPA.
• Groundwater Modelling and Analysis Software
• Seepage/Groundwater Modelling Software American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Water Quality-Based NPDES Permit Spreadsheets Washington State Department of Ecology.
• Hydrology and Hydraulics software WRCS.
• Sewer and Stormwater Network Analysis and Design software Knowledge Base.
• Software for perculation and usage of rainwater Dipl.Ing. Henning Neeff.

CD-ROMS

• Creating Our Future: the CD-ROM
 

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Research Groups

• Advanced Wastewater Management Centre University of Queensland.
• Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo Filamentous bacteria and foaming & bulking, Biological Nutrient Removal, Acinetobacter, G bacteria, biomass characterisation, SBRs.
• CCT Water and Wastewater Treatment UCLA's Center for Clean Technology
• COST-682 Integrated Wastewater Management Project.
• CSIRO Environment Technology Research.
• European Network for Sustainable Urban Water Management.
• National Water Research Institute of Canada List of research projects.
• Institute for Aquatic Environmental Engineering, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Technische Universität Vienna Aerobe biologische Abwasserreinigung.
• Monash University, Microbiology Dept Phosphate removal from wastewaters
• Kentucky Water Research Institute Publications and research projects.
• Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee Biotechnology research projects.
• Michigan Technological University
• Pollution Research Group Wastewater research on industrial effluents, clean technologies, waste minimisation, closed loop recycling, separation technologies and membrane techniques.
• TNO Institute of Environmental Sciences, Energy Research and Process Innovation, Netherlands
• Technical University of Delft, Biochemical Engineering
• IRSA (Rome)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Unit Operations Projects
• University of Cincinnati
• University of Newcastle, Australia Chemical Engineering projects
• Uppsula University, Sweden Activated Sludge research projects and 1994-96 publications.
• US Bureau of Reclamation Research Desalting Reverse Osmosis YAO YUMA
• Water Science and Environmental Biotechnology Lab Osaka University, Japan.
• Dept. of Environmental Engineering Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology.
• Dept. of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering Prague Institute of Chemical Technology.
 

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Services and Suppliers

Consultancy and/or Advice

• Australian Water Quality Centre.
• BCRI Enviro Canada Wastewater Biotechnology Specialists.
• Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia Identification of Filamentous bacteria.
• Bio-Services Environmental Consultants.
• CAE Consultants Publications and Operations manuals for Wastewater plants.
• ECOSERV
• Hydromantis,Inc.
• Rothberg, Tamburini & Winsor Engineering Wastewater/Water Engineers, Colorado.
• TheTeamService Home Page
• WASTEWATER SOLUTIONS
• WEDC Water, Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University, UK.
• US-AEP ETNA

Laboratories

• Australian Water Quality Centre
• Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia Identification of Filamentous bacteria.
• Block Environmental Services Lab assessments of activated sludge toxicity.

Equipment and Supplies

• American Bio Catalysts Inc Enzymatic catalyst technology.
• Anglian Water Blackbox Process Plant for domestic sewage treatment.
• Applied Specialties Inc Coagulants and coagulant aids for wastewater treatment.
• AQUATEX Corporation Hybrid Immobilized Bioreactor System.
• Aquatic Systems Inc. Aquatic Weed & Algae Control.
• Centrifuges Pieralisi/VE Ltd Centrifuges for wastewater treatment.
• Hydroxyl Systems Inc Advanced Water Treatment Technologies.
• Laboratory Pages
• Laboratory Equipment Showcase
• MACE Flow loggers for wastewater and hydrology applications.
• Memtec Membrane technology for municipal/industrial wastewater.
• Minworth Systems Ltd Instrumentation and Control Solutions for Wastewater Treatment.
• Scientific Solutions Ltd. Liquid Nutrients For Efficient Wastewater Treatment.
• Pollution Online Supplier directory.
• Water Online Products, services and news for water/wastewater professionals
• Water-Wastewater Web Equipment manufacturers, services and discussion forums.
• Waterworld Wastewater Product Database Wastewater supplier search.
 

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Miscellaneous

General Water/Wastewater Sites

• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Wastewater Engineering Links to publications, associations and organizations, and waste treatment technology processes.
• Water-Wastewater Web Lists of equipment manufacturers, services and discussion forums.
• WWTnet Waste Water Treatment Network - for environmental professionals specializing in treatment of industrial and municipal wastewaters.
• Water Web (tm) Home Page Products, services and news for water/wastewater professionals.
• Water Online Products, services and news for water/wastewater professionals.
• Water Quality Association, USA.
• Information Sources for Hydrogeology, Hydrology, and Environmental Sciences.
• Directory of Hydrology-Related WWW Sites
• Southern African Hydrology Resources Page.
• National Water Research Institute
• Internet Jump Station for Water Resources
• Wastewater Treatment Information Exchange US EPA.
• Watershed Tools Directory US EPA.
• WEDC GARNET guide
• Hydromantis wastewater links
• BCC Waste Treatment Technology Waste technology market reports.
• PlumbNet Interactive Plumbing Network.
• Pollution Online Products, services and news for pollution control professionals.
• Digging-Deep Trenchless Technology Homepage.
• The Septic System Information Website.
• Water and Wastewater Information Rick Fuller, Wheelabrator EOS Inc.
• Water Environment Federation Technical Discussion Groups.
• Water/Wastewater Links for Operators, by Ron Altmann.
• PANTA RHEI Technology for Water Resources.

Related Sites

• Green Pages The Global Directory for Environmental Technology.
• Environmental Engineering Source Index (Australia)
• EnviroInfo | Fontes de Informação em Ambiente Portugal.
• New England Water Environment Association.
• Beargrass Engineering, Inc.
• U.S. Geological Survey - Registry of Earth and Environmental Science resources on biology/bio-technology.
• US-AEP ETNA
• WebChemistry

e-mail addresses

• Wastewater Plant, Power and Utility E-Mail Directory by CAE Consultants.

 

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• John Douglass johnd@sti.bendigo.com.au

Science Traveller International Interests: Modelling Software, maintaining "The wide world of activated sludge" WWW site.
• Ken Lindrea K.Lindrea@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au

Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia. Interests: Modelling of BNR and Activated Sludge systems.
• Robert Seviour R.Seviour@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au

Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia. Interests: Microbiology of Foaming, Filament identification, Acinetobacter and Nutrient Removal, Taxonomy of Activated Sludge filamentous bacteria and G bacteria.
• Jacques Soddell J.Soddell@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au, home page.

Biotechnology Research Centre, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia. Interests: Microbiology of Foaming, Filament identification software, Fractal analysis of filamentous organisms, Taxonomy of nocardioforms.
 

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