Steve McTarnaghan learned valuable skills at 16 while working for his father in the excavation business. His grandfather and father-in-law were also...
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Geneseo Top Operator Embraces Small Town Experience
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Rain to Drain Program Tells the Tale of Water
Most of us don’t think about water much when we use it. We turn on the faucet and clean water is right...
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Energy Management and Sustainability
Plant uses microturbines to generate heat and powerProblem: When energy bills at the York (Pennsylvania) Wastewater Treatment Plant topped $63,000 per month...
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Portable Crane Rolls Through Doorways, Lifts Up To 2,400 Pounds
The portable crane from EzRig Crane is designed to lift heavy loads from unique positions and hard-to-get-at locations. It has a push-button...
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Submersible Pumps Designed For Large Flows and Unscreened Sewage, Including Wipes
The submersible line (SL) of wastewater pumps from Grundfos Pumps are designed to handle raw, unscreened sewage, effluent, large volumes of surface...
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Mussel Madness: Are Shellfish Our New Water-Quality Detectives?Along the Mississippi River, two water treatment plants are experimenting with mussels to detect contaminants...
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Pentair's ECOPOD-D Offers Versatility
The ECOPOD-D advanced wastewater treatment system is versatile. The staff from Pentair Flow Technologies wanted attendees at the 2015 Water & Wastewater...
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What To Do When a Colleague Cuts a Corner
While on orientation for a job with an electric utility, I spent time in the field watching crews do various work. Once,...
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Hach Company's Hand-Held Analyzer Simplifies Tests
Analysis of water samples can consume substantial time and expense. Water utilities are on the lookout for ways to simplify tests while...
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A Flushable Wipes Solution? Here's What INDA Is Doing
Much has been written about problems caused by wipes and paper products flushed down toilets and into sewer systems. Less has been...
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How Lean Six Sigma Changed a Sewer Division
Running a department is fundamentally similar to growing a garden, says Brian Ziegler, Public Works director for Pierce County, Washington. It takes...
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Wetlands Becomes City's First Water Reuse Customer
When a 200-acre wetland was constructed in 1996 as part of a 1.5 mgd aerated lagoon system in Richmond Hill, Georgia, it...
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Automated Bar Screen Solves Problems At Arizona Lift Station
An antiquated 2-inch manual bar screen allowed some objects almost as large as a bed sheet to enter the Bell Road Lift...
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Water Pipe Power: Using Hydroturbines to Harvest Energy
The Portland (Oregon) Water Bureau is using a different kind of hydropower to generate electricity, tapping the energy of water flowing through...
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Award-Winning Indiana Plant Maintains Tough Standards
Low crime, good schools and economic growth make Brownsburg one of the best places to live in Indiana — it ranks 33rd...
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Idaho's Rookie-of-the-Year Operators Embrace Enthusiasm
At ages 40 and 50, John Pottenger and Ross Campbell don’t fit the classic definition of “rookie.” Yet, with little more than...
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Reservoirs, Rainwater and the Big Island of Hawaii
Ancient civilizations collected rainwater for drinking. That practice continues even today on the Big Island of Hawaii, where rainwater is a major...
