Editorial Articles

You need a water meter installed, a main fixed, an angry customer soothed. Who do you call? If you’re the Utilities Services...

Fourth grade is a time when kids experience science hands-on. Concepts like electricity, sound and the three states of matter — solid,...

If reverse osmosis systems were nationally ranked like college sports teams, California’s South Coast Water District (SCWD) might be Number 1.The reverse...

Creative Solutions: Social Media Saves the DayA healthy dose of creative thinking and social media know-how helped Avon Lake Regional Water avoid disaster...

Water system managers and superintendents often tell how concerned they are about recruiting a new generation to the profession. The concern is...

Hydraulic Institute, Empowering Pumps form training partnershipThe Hydraulic Institute and Empowering Pumps formed a training partnership to promote and increase the utilization of...

Last summer while David Mitro was brushing the influent trough at the Kewaunee (Ill.) Wastewater Treatment Plant, something colorful caught his eye.This...

People/AwardsThe City of Eustis received a 2013 Domestic Wastewater Plant Operations Excellence Award from the Florida Rural Water Association.Darin Martin of the...

The OSCAR process performance optimizer from Sanitaire - a Xylem Brand, is designed to reduce energy consumption at wastewater treatment plants by...

Palmer Wahl precision test gaugeThe PTG100 precision digital pressure gauge from Palmer Wahl features fully temperature compensated accuracy from 32 degrees to...

Pride and teamwork among the operators and staff have led to total restoration of the 5.4 mgd (design) wastewater treatment facility in...

In my TPO article last December (“What Exactly Is pH?”), I explained pH in detail, including in-depth descriptions of atoms, atomic structure...

Everyone can agree that Mark Fogle is engaged in whatever he sets his mind to. Fogle, senior wastewater treatment operator at Lakehaven Utility...

Clean-water operators don’t hesitate to fix a malfunctioning bar screen or repair a clarifier pump. But ask them to talk to a...

Egrets and trumpeter swans may know more about the Shannon Wastewater Treatment Plant than the 757 folks it serves. These and other...

The Village of Ridgewood (N.J.) Water Pollution Control Facility is cutting its costs by adding biogas and solar power generation — that’s...

The team at the Isle La Plume Wastewater Treatment Plant in La Crosse, Wis., wanted to optimize treatment process efficiency and effectiveness,...

Effluent phosphorus limits are being ratcheted down in many states, challenging clean-water plants to find cost-effective ways to meet them.In Wisconsin, for...

The town of Lee, Mass., is known as the gateway to the Berkshires, and for its New England charm. This progressive town of...