It’s said that one of a leader’s most important duties is to groom a successor. That’s important in the water professions, where...
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With Waves of Operator Retirements Coming, It's Time to Talk to the Next Generation
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Headworks and Biosolids Management
Wet well system curbs odor issuesProblem: In mid-2013, the Pacific Northwest Regional Wastewater Authority was receiving odor complaints from residents around a...
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Worth Noting - August 2016
People/AwardsDan Skidmore was hired as manager for the District of Sooke Wastewater Treatment Plant in British Columbia, Canada.The Price River Water Improvement...
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Multiple-diaphragm P-Series Hydra-Cell Metering Pumps Minimize Pulsations for Even Flow
P-Series Hydra-Cell metering solutions pumps from Wanner Engineering are available with Aflas diaphragms as well as brass manifolds. Aflas is a copolymer...
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Smith & Loveless Everlast Above-Grade Pump Station Offers Easy Access
The Everlast above-grade pump station from Smith & Loveless is housed above and outside the wet well, making operator maintenance safer, simpler...
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Overheard Online“Why would you do such a thing? It’s a program that is putting people to work in a good career —...
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Where Good Chemistry Means Great Water
If water operators across the country had to take a chemistry test, it’s a good bet the Barren River Lake Water Treatment...
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Why Retirement Didn’t Work for This Operator
With 36 years in water treatment, Jerry Nicholson could have called it a career a decade ago. Fat chance. He’s committed to...
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Bosque Farms Keeps 1,460 Grinder Pumps Humming
Operators at the Bosque Farms Wastewater Treatment Plant say their biggest challenge is keeping their microorganisms happy. Their biggest worry is staying...
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Operator’s Research Saves Plant Millions of Dollars
Go the extra mile. For Ricardo “Rick” Cantu, that’s more than a saying — it’s how he defined his life in wastewater...
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Fourth-Graders Compete in Water Ethics Contest
Achild’s mind is like a sponge, ready to soak up information. How that information is processed depends on the child. Sometimes when...
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Eau Claire Plant Increases Treatment, Reduces Energy Needs
To serve a growing population, the Eau Claire Wastewater Treatment Plant needed improvements.A 2007 facility plan for the plant in northwestern Wisconsin...
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Blocking Contamination: The Importance of Effective Bearing Protection
A study of equipment reliability at an industrial plant found that 40 percent of overall failures of rotating equipment, such as pumps...
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This Plant is Conquering CSOs With a Wet-Weather Clarifier
Heavy rains flowing through the Ohio city of Springfield’s combined sewer system overwhelmed the wastewater treatment plant. The city averaged 50 to...
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Santa Clara Water District Keeps Steelhead Trout Moving
Thanks to the Santa Clara Valley Water District, fish can swim upstream again to spawn and will be able to do so...
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Q&A: WERF’s John Willis Talks Biogas and Biosolids Solutions
In a time when resource recovery is a top priority, clean-water agencies increasingly look for biogas and biosolids solutions that are economical...
