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The Great Bend team includes, from left, Trenton Brown, operator; James Gaunt, lead operator; April Batt, lab technician; Reuben Martin, utilities superintendent; Jenna Pitchford, utilities supervisor; and Ben Frayer and Doug Prosser, operators.
Facing a need to reduce effluent nitrogen and phosphorus, the Kansas city of Great Bend had a choice: Try to get it done with oxidation ditch process adjustments, or invest millions of dollars in a new clean-water plant.
The operations and laboratory team members chose process...