The Water Break Podcast, Episode 16: The Environmental Laboratory, Tips and Tricks for Sampling
“Where We Bridge the Gap Between Water Plant Operators and Engineers”
In Episode 16, Heather Jennings, PE, discusses Environmental Laboratory Sampling Tips & Tricks with Marci Payne, Sales and Marketing Director at Legend Technical Services of Arizona, Inc. In this podcast, Ms. Payne provides a general overview of best practices for collecting water and wastewater samples for testing at an environmental laboratory.
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Additional Resources:
Wanda’s Water Tidbit: Fatty McFatberg
- Museum of London: Fatberg! Exhibiting the “Monster of Whitechapel”
- Argent Energy: Fats oils and greases, known as FOGs, from the wastewater industry solidify in the sewerage network, block wet wells and accumulate at wastewater treatment works
- BBC: Scott and Wayne Deal With a Fatberg at Manchester’s Largest Wastewater Treatment Works
- Environmental Science and Technology: Evidence for Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOR) Deposit Formation Mechanisms in Sewer Lines
- The New York Times: Scientists Solve a Puzzle—What’s Really in a Fatberg?
- Water Research: Reducing Fat, Oil, and Grease (FOG) deposits formation and adhesion on sewer collection system structures through the use of fly ash replaced cement-based materials
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