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HydroXS: Turning Water Pressure to Energy
All flowing water contains energy. Water utilities increasingly try to take advantage of it.
In fact, in-conduit hydropower plays a small yet growing...
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Helping Tribal Citizens Become Professional Operators
Tribal communities come in multiple sizes with varied water and wastewater systems and differing needs for training and technical support.
Helping to meet...
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Drivers Can See Conservation Messages Around This Florida Town
It’s an honor for students to win a water conservation poster contest. It’s even better for those posters to become the graphics...
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Quality Water for His Tribal Community Is This Operator's Passion
Jonathan Riberdy’s passion is providing safe drinking water for Zhiibaahaasing First Nation in Ontario.
The community has been under a boil advisory since...
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People, Process and Culture Drive Success at this Utah Clean Water Plant
The Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility has seen multiple upgrades over the years. So have the people who operate the plant.
Phil Heck...
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He Looked for a Better Career. He Found It in Clean Water.
Todd Sukup was working from sunup to sundown at a food distribution warehouse in his hometown when a friend tipped him off...
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Product Spotlight: Wastewater - Skid-mounted blower package hits North American market
Positive displacement blowers are a vital component of wastewater treatment systems, ensuring efficient aeration and mixing through reliable and consistent airflow. Eurus...
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Product Spotlight: Water - Metering pump a fit for high flow applications
While not common, there are some applications that require a metering pump capable of withstanding high flow rates. The Primeroyal Q series...
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Product News - July 2025
OZ Lifting Products CompOZite davit crane
Experience unparalleled portability and strength with the CompOZite davit crane. Engineered from lightweight advanced composite material, this patented...
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Case Studies: Wastewater Collection, Drinking Water Distribution
Pumps perform vital role in wastewater treatment for large community
Problem: The 90-year-old, manually operated Spring Creek Water Treatment Plant in Springfield, Illinois, had far...
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Product Focus: Wastewater Collection, Drinking Water Distribution
Blowers
AERZEN Delta Hybrid Screw Blowers
drive. They provide reliable, 100% oil-free >span class="s3">process air while operating efficiently and economically. In addition, they provide an...
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Want to Take Your Plant to a New Level? Try Starting With Culture
“Culture” is one of those corporate-speak terms that often gets shrugged off in the manner of “mission” and “vision” and “values.”
Who wants...
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Here’s a Better Way to Trap Pesky PFAS Molecules
The lineup of PFAS treatment technologies keeps expanding. Some processes destroy the “forever chemicals.” Others capture them in some form of media,...
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All Forms of Lime Have the Same Function. Their Pros and Cons Differ.
In deciding on a lime product for water and wastewater treatment there are three basic choices.
Quicklime and hydrated lime are dry bulk...
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Why Replace a Clarifier When Rehab Costs Far Less
Kirk Farris faced a dilemma after discovering cracks at the bottoms of his clean-water plant’s 23-year-old secondary clarifiers.
Farris, lead wastewater operator and...
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Sarasota’s Plant Upgrade Takes the Long View and Looks Deep
The nearly complete upgrade at Sarasota County’s Bee Ridge Water Reclamation Facility does more than boost capacity.
The $280 million project includes a...
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Potable Reuse Will Soon Reach New Heights. Operators Are Key Players.
Water utilities in the arid Southwestern United States are starved for water supplies and increasingly look to indirect and direct potable reuse...
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Every Drop Matters
Fifth grader Suah Kim had no idea her crossword puzzle poster with clever water conservation messages would go all the way to...






















