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When Brian Steglitz graduated from Yale University, he joined an environmental consulting firm developing regulations for the U.S. EPA.The snail’s pace of...

Dean Walker appreciates the view from his workplace. Numerous windows in the Dryden Wastewater Treatment Plant overlook the Wabigoon River, the plant’s...

Aeration was inefficient and dissolved oxygen control time-consuming at a major wastewater treatment plant in the Coachella Valley Water District.The aeration system...

Brandon Ambrose and his maintenance team have enough to do maintaining 230 miles of gravity sewers, 19 miles of force main and...

In summer 2015, a rehabilitated bald eagle and five orphaned Mississippi kites were released to the Florida skies from the award-winning Tallahassee...

These are critical times for the water sector. Infrastructure investment is lagging. The public has been shaken awake by issues like drought...

Aeration is the most energy-intensive and costly process in wastewater treatment plants. Engineers and operators constantly look for ways to make it...

Deep down we all want to leave a legacy — to leave behind more than a tombstone that after a number of...

WASTEWATER: Understanding hydrogen sulfideWhich statement about hydrogen sulfide is correct?A. Hydrogen sulfide causes corrosion due to the development of high pH conditions. B....

Software allows for full-featured SCADA at small utilityProblem: The water and wastewater utility in Jack, Alabama, faced pressure to reduce costs while...

People/AwardsThomas Herholdt, who retired from Tidewater Utilities in February, received the Allen J. Williams Lifetime Achievement Award from Delaware Technical and Community...

No operator likes an unexpected early morning wake-up call. But when millions of dollars worth of infrastructure is on the line, they’re...

Water system operators don’t have the luxury of worrying about the valves on their piping systems. They need to have confidence that...

Vandals in Bismarck, North Dakota, recently did more than $30,000 in damage to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, according to local police.Vehicles...

Twenty-five water utilities have been selected for recognition of their leadership in community engagement, watershed stewardship, and recovery of resources such as...

When Jason Arnold confronted his utility’s soaring frequency of lift station repairs, he didn’t just want to head off problems. It was...

Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. We covered a...