Ohio Operator Brings Heart to Management Style

Cover Story

Karen Hawkins’ caring-approach management includes drive and thoroughness combined with strong mentoring and people skills.

10-Acre Solar Facility Lowers Energy Bills At Treatment Plant

Sustainable Operations

A small Maryland city’s clean-water plant provides a site for a 2.1 MW solar photovoltaic system with benefits that spread throughout the community.

Charlotte Water's Jackie Jarrell Talks About Raising the Status of Operators

In My Words

Jackie Jarrell looks to elevate the water and wastewater operations profession in her dual roles as a WEF trustee and as a leader with Charlotte Water.

AirPrex Process Solves Struvite Problems

Technology Deep Dive

The AirPrex process helps treatment plants enhance biosolids dewatering and reduce polymer consumption while producing a marketable phosphate fertilizer.

Landscaping Complements Plant’s Civil War Surroundings

Plantscapes

A Tennessee treatment plant neighboring a historic area undertakes tree plantings to enhance visual appearance and build favorable public perceptions.

Ingenuity and an Electrical Engineering Technology Degree Are Strong Assets for an Ohio Operator

Top Performer - Operator

An electrical engineering degree helped Mike Welke slip comfortably into a role overseeing biosolids production and general maintenance of an older facility.

Revitalizing Old Aeration Blowers With VFDs

Tech Talk

A St. Louis plant team, consultant and manufacturer team up with an innovative solution to extract better efficiency and process control from an older aeration blower.

Spring Creek Plant Finds Efficiency With SCADA

How We Do It - Wastewater

An Illinois sanitary district gains major efficiencies by replacing manual sampling and analysis with an automated process linked to SCADA.

How Kemira PAC Product Eliminates Microthrix Blooms

How We Do It - Water

Operators at a Colorado plant beat back winter filamentous bacteria outbreaks by feeding a polyaluminum chloride solution.

More Than a Pretty Face: Alabama Plant Exceeds Requirements

Top Performer - Plant

Quality treatment, water reuse, energy savings and I&I reduction are just some accomplishments of the ingenious staff in Athens, Alabama.

Trout in the Classroom? Students Learn Some Fishy Water Lessons

Hearts and Minds

A New Hampshire professional uses Trout in the Classroom to teach kids about the importance of a quality environment.

Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Tackles Turbidity, Disinfection

Top Performer - Plant

An Alabama water treatment plant achieves excellence despite extreme turbidity fluctuations, disinfection byproduct challenges and a complex distribution system.

What You Should Know About Biosolids Critics

Let's Be Clear

To deal effectively with criticism of biosolids, it’s essential to be well-informed about the facts and the people behind the claims.

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