Wastewater

One Career – Many Paths

By Preya Balgobin, P. Eng, R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, and Natasha Niznik, City of Toronto ABSTRACT The path to becoming an operator has, historically, been quite varied. The destinations that a career in operations can lead to are limited only by an operator’s am read more

Consortium Approach in Mumbai

By Sanjay Devnani, P. E., and Alan Perks, P. Eng., R.V. Anderson Associated Limited ABSTRACT RVA has been a key member of a consortium that was retained by the Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai (MCBM) to complete one of the largest wastewater design and constructio read more

Water and Wastewater Improvements in India – the Last 20 Years

By Sanjay Devnani, P. E., and Alan Perks, P. Eng., R.V. Anderson Associated Limited ABSTRACT For more than 20 years, RVA has been involved in developing and implementing new water and wastewater strategies to meet India’s rapidly growing needs for infrastructure and ser read more

Using IFAS for improved WWTP capacity and performance

by Valera Saknenko, Vincent Nazareth, Robertson Gibb, R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, and Patrick Devlin and Krista Thomas, City of Peterborough ABSTRACT This plant re-rating was achieved by full conversion of the existing aeration tanks to a hybrid integrated fixed f read more

Wastewater Systems Regulations

by Vincent Nazareth, R.V. Anderson Associates Limited ABSTRACT This presentation covers the progress of the CCME (Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment) wastewater initiative for the Canada-wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluents. D read more

Demystifying computational fluid dynamics for water and wastewater professionals

By Bernardo Majano, P. Eng., and Geneviève Kenny, P. Eng., R.V. Anderson Associates Limited ABSTRACT Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is the application and approximate solution of fluid dynamics equations to predict the behaviour of a fluid within a specified boundar read more

Dewatering Upgrades Improve Incinerator Performance at Greenway WWTP

by Tom Woodcock, R.V. Anderson Associates Limited ABSTRACT In July 2012 the City of London retained R.V. Anderson Associates Limited (RVA) to complete the design and contract administration of upgrading the solids dewatering process to centrifuges. The new centrifuge de read more

2013 WEAO Conference Residual and Biosolids Session Summary

By Valera Saknenko, P.Eng., R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, and Elaine Collis, M.A., WEAO Residuals & Biosolids Committee ABSTRACT The Residuals & Biosolids Session drew significant interest from attendees of the WEAO Conference that took place in Toronto, 8-9 read more

New weapons for fighting odour in long forcemains

by Paul Eybergen, County of Oxford, and Ken Campbell, P. Eng., R.V. Anderson Associates Limited ABSTRACT When design started on the new Embro, Ontario sewage pumping station and forcemain, everyone knew controlling odours was going to be a fight. There are two key ingre read more

"Green" approach to dehumidification inside water treatment plants

by Piyush Patel, P. Eng., R.V. Anderson Associates Limited ABSTRACT In most water treatment plants, temperature and humidity control is crucial. When moisture condenses onto cold pipes, valves and pumps, a number of destructive effects can occur. High humidity can cause read more