Wright-Pierce News

Understanding the Nutrient Challenge

Water and Wastes Digest articles, authored by Wright-Pierce engineers, discuss how selected New England wastewater treatment facilities are addressing nutrient standards compliance.

For the past four decades, secondary wastewater treatment has been the norm with only a small fraction of facilities having to meet more advanced standards. However, escalating concerns about water quality are making nutrient standards common place, and over the next few years advanced wastewater treatment for phosphorus and/or nitrogen nutrient removal will become the norm.

Wright-Pierce is helping municipalities and utilities, in regions throughout New England address the new standards. We have established a reputation for developing innovative, successful solutions driven by the specific needs of each facility.

Bill Brown, President of Wright-Pierce and colleagues in the Wastewater Practice Group, discuss the phosphorus issues associated with fresh water, and nitrogen discharges that impact marine environments and groundwater, in two recently published Water and Wastes Digest articles.

To read the Water and Wastes Digest articles click the link below.

Nitrogen: The 21st Century Coastal Environmental Challenge

Wastewater Phosphorus Standards Becoming the Norm