David McAlpin is proof that the adage “Listen to yourelders” pays off. As general manager of the Blountsville (Alabama) Utility Board, McAlpin...
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One Operator's Road from Basketball to Wastewater
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How to Use Solar Energy to Offset Upgrade Costs
When the Town of Hurlock, Maryland, upgraded its wastewater treatment plant to meet new effluent limits, the project cost $7.5 million and...
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Minnesota Plant Finds Chemical Solution for Phosphorus Reduction
Effluent from the Virginia (Minnesota) Wastewater Treatment Plant discharges to Manganika Lake, which is impaired by eutrophication. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency...
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The Money-Saving Capabilities of Ammonia-Based Aeration Control
About half of a typical clean-water plant’s energy goes to aeration. It follows that pumping more air than necessary into the activated...
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The Quest to Save Mockingbird Hill Village
When upgrading the Highland Avenue Water Treatment Plant in 2009, the City of Augusta, Georgia, faced an obstacle.A community of miniature buildings...
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Q&A: WEF's Paul Bowen Chimes in on Sustainability
Paul Bowen traces his interest in water treatment back to a crude water filter he made during grade school. From there, it...
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ZeeLung Provides Energy Efficient Fine-Bubble Aeration
As clean-water plants strive to become resource recovery facilities, energy neutrality is a key goal. There are two components to get there:...
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Reflections on Earth Day
I was a senior in high school at the time of the first Earth Day (April 22, 1970). What I remember from...
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Hayward CPVC product lines receive ABS approval
Hayward Flow Control received American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) product approvals for most of its CPVC thermoplastic flow control product lines. They...
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Monitoring and Instrumentation
Valve positioner provides boost to effluent qualityProblem: An Illinois wastewater treatment plant needed to improve the valve position on each of its...
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Worth Noting - April 2016
People/AwardsSteve Graceffa retired as the executive director of the Rock River (Illinois) Water Reclamation District. Graceffa joined the district in January 1970.Lamont...
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Therma-Flite Biosolids Drying System Offers Affordable Option to Landfill Disposal
The SludgeBox modular, biosolids drying system from Therma-Flite offers a lower cost option to landfill disposal. Designed to produce Class A biosolids,...
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Industrial Test Systems Photometer Tests Over 40 Water-Quality Parameters
The eXact iDip Smart Photometer System from Industrial Test Systems is designed for quick and accurate water-quality testing in the field or...
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Flint Timeline: Trouble in the MakingThe water-quality crisis in Flint, Michigan, didn’t happen overnight. Instead, its roots go back more than four...
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Earth Day Sets the Stage for Plant's Net Zero Announcement
The Gresham (Oregon) Wastewater Treatment Plant produces enough sustainable energy to cut what used to be a $500,000 annual electricity bill to...
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Go-To Texas Operator Knows How to Run It All
Donald Malovets is known as the go-to guy at the Brazos River Authority (BRA), based in Waco, Texas. If equipment needs repair,...
