The Water Break Podcast, Episode #5: Lagoon Aeration
“Where we bridge the gap between water plant operators and engineers”
In this podcast episode, host Heather Jennings, PE, interviews Patrick Hill, a wastewater treatment lagoon specialist at Triplepoint Environmental. Patrick has presented on lagoon topics at conferences throughout the U.S. and at WEFTEC. He was named one of Water and Waste Digest’s young water professionals to watch in 2015. In this podcast, Heather and Patrick discuss lagoons, their technical considerations, and aeration options. And at the end of the podcast, in Wanda’s Water Tidbits, Heather describes an Australian effort to use an electrochemical method to clean up heavily polluted industrial wastewater.
Triplepoint Environmental Website: lagoons.com
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REFERENCED IN THE PODCAST
New Atlas article: Zaps of electricity clean up wastewater from biofuel production
Algal Research article: Electrochemical oxidation of nitrogen-rich post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater
University of Sydney article: Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck animation: Algae Season/Duckweed Season
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