Inside the August 2012 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator

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Cover Story: Waste Stream to Revenue Stream

A regional composting facility helps a Texas city and water district deal with waste management issues and create highly successful commercial products

Top Performer - Operator: Division of Labor

A Nebraska treatment plant superintendent partners with the local Extension agriculture educator to advance his city’s biosolids land application program

August Worth Noting

People/Awards; Education; Calendar of Events

Top Performer - Plant: True Partnership

In Leoni Township, a private company operates the treatment plant, while municipal workers handle the maintenance. The arrangement serves everyone well.

Tech Topics: Stirring the Pot

Effective mixing design helps ensure uniform material concentration and proper performance in digester systems

Product Spotlight: Simplex, duplex control panels provide total pump protection

WS Series control panels from SEEwater

August Product News

Featured new products.

Product Focus: Headworks and Biosolids

Plantscapes: Nothing But Benefit

A pond-wetland complex in Port Aransas, Texas, attracts birders and nature lovers and helps clean treatment plant effluent in the bargain

Let's Be Clear: It’s Everyone’s Job

Nutrient limits are getting tighter. It’s time to start placing more emphasis on control upstream, instead of at the end of the pipe.

Lab Detective: It’s All Connected

A problem with slime bulking at a wastewater treatment plant turned out to have its origins on the potable water utility side

August Industry News

Peerless Electronics launches eCommerce stores; TB Wood’s publishes eCatalog; ITC becomes authorized IACET provider; Westfall static mixer receives NSF certification; EOSi names director of supply chain management; Thompson hosts 2012 Pumpology school; FCI ST100 air/gas flowmeter receives FM, FMc approval; Oldham’s OLCT IR receives IP67 certification; MWH meets UCMR3 proficiency testing requirements; Copperwing adds media planner, buyer; Parkson names Hurley president, CEO; Grundfos opens business development center; American Water completes acquisitions; Xylem names VP of sales, managing director; Environmental Dynamics International adds extrusion line

In My Words: Driving Down P

A research project helps establish the cost-benefit picture for chemically removing phosphorus in lagoon treatment systems

How We Do It: Lighting the Way

Microwave UV disinfection technology enables a treatment plant in southern Louisiana to reduce labor hours and eliminate contractor expenses

Hearts and Minds: Stars of the Show

Plant operators at Narragansett Bay Commission are on the front line when it comes to teaching the public about keeping water clean

Greening the Plant: Shifting Gear

A quick design change for energy efficiency helps a Long Island town earn rebates for a new pump station needed to meet growing demand

Case Study: Headworks and Biosolids

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