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EBS continues driving innovation in wastewater treatment. In doing so, we have implemented new technology to identify sources of fecal bacteria in wastewater treatment systems. Many of our clients have permit limits for fecal indicator bacteria in their effluents. When concentrations are above these limits in systems that do not have domestic influences, the question becomes “where is it coming from?”

Our analysis replicates small sequences of DNA that are unique to a

Lab scale activated sludge reactors have been employed by those in academia who study wastewater systems for decades to analyze the effects of selected variables on the treatment of many unique waste streams. Their purpose is to mimic the conditions found in full scale systems as closely as is possible in a system that can be confined to a typical laboratory bench top. The advantage of lab scale reactors over other methods of testing the effectiveness of certain treatment strategies is the ab

Hydrophobicity has been reported as one of the factors that may affect the flocculation potential and settleability of dispersed bacterial species, bench-scale activated sludge (with synthetic influent) and biomass samples from a number of wastewater systems. The understanding of the roles between hydrophobicity and settling/flocculation has been studied previously. However, a thorough understanding of biomass surface properties such as the hydrophobicity and surface charge is needed in full-