Tag: wastewater sector

Introduction Colorado sits at a unique geographical and regulatory intersection within the United States water sector. As a headwaters state, the effluent quality from Colorado’s wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) dictates the water health for millions of downstream users in the Colorado, Platte, Arkansas, and Rio Grande river basins. Consequently, the state maintains some of the […]

Introduction In the municipal water and wastewater sector, the butterfly valve is the workhorse of isolation and flow control for large-diameter piping. However, a pervasive issue continues to plague capital improvement projects: the “specification inertia” where engineers copy-paste valve specifications without re-evaluating the current manufacturing landscape. This often leads to suboptimal lifecycle performance, particularly regarding […]