Editorial Articles

Clean-water plant workers attach a lot of pride to the job title “operator.” There are state and regional operator associations, and they...

Nine lagoons make up the natural treatment system in the City of Batavia in western New York. On a 500-acre site just...

When farmland is scarce, growing seasons short and winters cold, as in the northern rim of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, what’s to be...

As a trainer for the Ministry of the Environment’s mandatory certification renewal courses, the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) in Toronto developed...

Some migrating visitors were lighting things up last fall at the Newport (R.I.) Wastewater Treatment Facility. Erik Drukovskis, chief operator, snapped this...

Sometime this year, officials in Gresham, Ore. hope to be generating all of the 15,000 kWh needed to run the city’s wastewater...

Fifth-graders in Springfield, Ore., are the youngest allowed to tour the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission wastewater treatment plant, but Rachael Chilton says...

A team of three does it all at the Jamestown (R.I.) Wastewater Treatment Facility, from dealing with I&I and droughts to operating...

The story of Bari Wrubel proves that hard work early on can still pay off. Wrubel is the supervisor of the 3.6...

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People/AwardsThe City of Elgin, Ill., will rename its water treatment plant after Leo Nelson, former city manager who led the charge for...

Pennsylvania American Water acquires water, wastewater systemsPennsylvania American Water, a subsidiary of American Water, purchased the assets of three water and wastewater...

The Tideflex Mixing System (TMS) for potable water storage tanks from Tideflex Technologies, a division of Red Valve Company, is a combination...

Danfoss temperature sensorThe MBT 5560 temperature sensor with built-in transmitter from Danfoss Industrial Automation is designed for use in harsh industrial environments....

Monitoring water quality costs money, and monitoring multiple parameters with inline devices can be beyond the budget of a smaller utility.Addressing that...

Chlorine is the most common disinfection method for drinking water in North America. It comes as chlorine gas, sodium hypochlorite or calcium...

In a corner of Oregon where water supplies are bountiful, the Medford Water Commission faced a challenge in promoting conservation. With a...

In 2000 and 2001, an electricity crisis in California caused rolling blackouts and brownouts affecting hundreds of thousands of customers. The state...

In dry areas, it’s easy to convince people to conserve water. When there’s a real prospect of not having water for lawn...