Project to fine-tune wastewater treatment

FORT COLLINS – A proposal to create a network of real-time water-monitoring instruments along the Poudre River could help the city of Fort Collins save money on its wastewater treatment costs and spotlight technology developed and produced by local companies.

Mazdak Arabi, associate professor in Colorado State University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is proposing the city take part in a pilot project to reduce water utility costs by having a better picture of what’s coming downstream.

“The goal is to understand the hydraulics regime of the water so utilities can adjust their operations on a daily basis so they don’t…