Tag: water
Stormwater Asset Management
Achieving stormwater compliance can be a tedious challenge, particularly for communities with less than 100,000 people. More stringent water quality requirements are forcing regulated communities to evaluate their asset management strategy. Regulatory agencies are pushing municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4’s) to be more proactive to respond to replacement or repair of aging infrastructure now […]
Pretreatment – How can SMG help you?
The goal of pretreatment is to control pollutants from industrial users which may pass through or interfere with wastewater treatment processes or which may contaminate sewage sludge. It sounds simple enough, but pretreatment can be a complicated and time-consuming issue for municipalities and industries alike. That’s where the expertise of SMG comes in. SMG can […]
EPA Rulemaking: Fast and Furious
With all of the buzz surrounding the release of the GHG NSPS Proposed Rule, several water-related pieces of EPA rulemaking have gotten lost. First, on September 4th, EPA released the long-awaited proposed rulemaking on Water Quality Standards. Next, on September 17th, EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers finally sent to OMB a proposed rule […]
Kentucky Wastewater Lab Certification Program now in effect
The Division of Water’s wastewater laboratory certification program has been a long time coming, but it’s finally here! The program, which will standardize procedures for obtaining and analyzing KPDES wastewater compliance samples, became effective on September 5, 2013. Any general or field-only wastewater lab that performs an analysis, measurement, or lab test for reporting on […]
Diary of SMG's Summer Intern - Week 8
Did you know that Kentucky has more miles of running water than any other state in the U.S. except for Alaska? During my time with Smith Management Group I have learned a lot about some of the water quality issues Kentucky faces, especially with waste management. When I graduated college I thought that I was […]