Water Facts Blog

Educational Resources Developed by our Team of Experts

PFAS monitoring is being added to industrial NPDES and pretreatment permits nationwide. Learn what characterization sampling involves and how to get ahead of it.
Process changes quietly shift your effluent profile. Learn how industrial facilities fail discharge limits without knowing it — and what proactive monitoring prevents.
Phosphorus limits in NPDES permits are dropping to 0.5 mg/L in many jurisdictions. Is your industrial removal program ready? Know before your next permit renewal.
Filter press cycle times creeping up? Learn the 3 root causes — cloth blinding, flocculant drift, feed changes — and what to check before adjusting your schedule.
Passing composite samples but still getting pretreatment violations? Learn why intra-shift wastewater variability is the real culprit — and how to fix it.
COD measures oxygen demand your POTW can't biologically remove. Learn what it means for your discharge permit — and the 4 ways to bring it down.