Editorial Articles

Keeping the commitmentI am a top-level certified water operator in the state of Colorado. I proudly work at a local municipality, and...

It might be easy to miss the Penacook Wastewater Treatment Plant. It sits behind a farm, partially hidden in the Penacook Village...

Achieving Phase IV in the Partnership for Safe Water Program - Treatment Optimization Program means more than peer recognition at the Crown...

Public Works director Chris Jacobs sums up the challenges of treating wastewater in the town of Hampton, New Hampshire: “It’s like we’re...

They were indispensable. Five professionals kept on going amid the chaos of building a new wastewater treatment plant in Nova Scotia, working...

Working in a water and wastewater lab can be a lonely task. That isn’t the case in Virginia’s Prince William County, where...

After spending millions of dollars for a system upgrade, the Wooster (Ohio) Water Pollution Control Plant was regularly violating its effluent permit....

As utilities develop facilities to maximize water resources, indirect potable reuse and direct potable reuse are becoming more common.Microfiltration or ultrafiltration membranes...

In 2011, the Texas city of Celeste experienced severe solids accumulation in its wastewater treatment lagoon, causing dramatic loss of retention time...

The Thibodaux Wastewater Treatment Plant is an aerated lagoon system with mechanical bar screens, high-flow trickling filters, and primary and final clarifiers.The...

Last May, the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) announced plans for a merger to create the...

Efficiency and energy savings are major priorities for water and wastewater treatment plants.Those attributes were on display in many products exhibited at...

Combination trucks are reliable workhorses used for years in wastewater tank and pipe cleaning. Still, some big jobs call for more capability...

I really should do this more often. Last May, I attended the Southeast Region Meeting of the Wisconsin Wastewater Operators Association, hosted...

Testing method helps determine activated carbon remaining serviceProblem: Operators at the drinking water plant in Corvallis, Oregon, were unable to determine the...

FEBCO MasterSeries LF850 and LF870V lead-free double-check valve assemblies from Watts Water Technologies are designed to prevent the backflow of pollutants that...

The HS430S Advanced FIT high-pressure aluminum pump from Wilden, part of PSG, a Dover company, is designed for applications that require high...