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It’s not every day you see racers jogging through your wastewater treatment plant.But on June 14, that’s precisely what’ll happen at the...

If you’re going to highlight the importance of clean water and wastewater treatment, it makes sense to include resource recovery in the...

We all have musical preferences. I tend toward the bluegrass side of things. A little acoustic guitar, some good fiddle playing and...

With robin’s egg blue skies and temps in the 70s, Madison, Wis., was a good place to visit this past weekend. And...

Question: I run our city’s wastewater treatment plant and the neighbors are complaining about odors. We have tried managing these odors, but all...

Water operators at California Water Service are enjoying a little stardom as the utility kicks off Water Awareness Month. And actually, it’s...

One of the best ways to get your community’s attention is to piggyback a local event on a milestone of wider significance.As...

Bill Austin, executive director of the DeSoto County (Miss.) Regional Utility Authority still looms large during tours of the agency’s clean-water plants.An...

It has LEED platinum green building certification. Room for 260 guests. A full catering kitchen. A dance floor and excellent audio-visual equipment....

As health food retailers decry the use of biosolids to grow produce, and in some cases refuse to sell such produce, the...

Question: How do you give residents of your community a tour of a clean-water plant you haven’t built yet?Answer: Hold an open...

Every night, I wade through a sea of school papers that come home either folded, wadded or jammed into a backpack. Sometimes...

First Whole Foods made it a policy not to buy produce grown using biosolids. Now other health food purveyors are falling in...

Swirl, sniff. Swirl, sniff. Repeat.The judges held the Mason jars up to their noses, swirled the water, held it up to the...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed this week, March 17-23, as Water and Wastewater Operator’s Week. Luke Markko, president of the Fox...

How readily does your clean-water plant welcome tours? The treatment plant in Casper, Wyo., entertained just one engineering student for a tour...

Earlier this week, we got to know our house intimately. And by that, I mean I got to spend an evening on...

One of the pictures says it all: Two beakers of water from the Albert Lea (Minn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant, one filled with...

The discussion over wipes products and “flushables” got a little more heated this week when Dr. Joseph Kurtz, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y.,...