When a woman in Escondido, Calif., received a $16,000 water bill for roughly 30 days worth of service from December 2012 to...
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Human Side of Water Treatment Seen In 3 Washington State Award Winners
Water treatment can be an anonymous profession and one largely taken for granted: customers turn on their taps and safe, good tasting...
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What clean-water operators can learn from Richard Pryor
The late Richard Pryor, one of the greatest stand-up comics ever, also had a serious side. I was reminded of it when...
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The Fire Chief Project: How to reach 1,000 kids in one hour
Who always leads the Fourth of July parade? A fire truck, of course, lights flashing, siren intermittently blaring, firefighters in dress uniform...
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Aspiring Water Scientists Attend U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize National Competition
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced the 2013 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) — the most prestigious...
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Aspiring Water Scientists Attend U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize National Competition
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced the 2013 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) — the most prestigious...
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Operator Ingenuity Pays Off at Illinois Wastewater Treatment Plant
When the Village of New Lenox, Ill., wastewater treatment facility recently faced a plant expansion, operators quickly realized that it was not...
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American Water Receives 10 Awards for Excellence in Water Quality
American Water Works Company Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, is proud to announce the achievement of...
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The Fire Chief Project: Students help release salmon reared in effluent
Nothing gets kids’ attention for the value of wastewater treatment than showing how it benefits a fishery.
For several years, staff members at...
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Microfiber Media Improves Tertiary Effluent to Meet Stringent Wastewater Treatment Requirements
Aqua-Aerobic Systems has added the OptiFiber PES-14 Microfiber to its family of pile cloth media. The microfiber media is especially engineered to...
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Old Pipes Reveal Truth About 200-Year-Old Water Distribution System
Municipal workers were in for quite a surprise when a 2006 street excavation in Lower Manhattan in New York exposed wooden pipes...
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The Fire Chief Project: Helping operators climb the ladder
Here’s a great way to give clean-water operators more stature: Encourage them to earn their state licenses and progress to the highest...
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Nitrogen Removal Treatment System Reduces Costs, Optimizes Footprint
World Water Works Inc., a designer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment solutions, announces the DEMON treatment system for removal of nitrogen from...
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Microfiber Media Improves Tertiary Effluent to Meet Stringent Treatment Requirements
Aqua-Aerobic Systems has added the OptiFiber PES-14 Microfiber to its family of pile cloth media. The microfiber media is especially engineered to...
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The Fire Chief Project: If you don’t blow your horn, who will?
I just saw an article in the Byron Review newspaper saying Dale Wellik, clean-water plant operator in Dodge Center earned recognition from...
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Wireless Monitoring System Offers Advanced M2M Functionality
FLO-CORP announces the release of the Guardian 2000, a wireless monitor that transmits data using cell towers and/or satellites, along with pinpoint...
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The Business Journal Applauds Company’s Innovations in Water and Industrial Markets
Badger Meter was recognized with The (Milwaukee) Business Journal’s Eureka Award in the manufacturing category for its new product development in water...
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Team Dedication Earns Michigan Water Supervisor Public Utility Award
Bari Wrubel, supervisor of the Marysville, Mich., water and wastewater treatment plants, has been named Public Utility Management Professional of the Year...
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The Fire Chief Project: Honoring young water scientists
The Water Environment Association and its Member Associations promote the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) as a way to increase students’...












