Editorial Articles

In the Town of Windsor, water conservation has been a challenge for decades, but in 2012 this small Northern California community hit...

EDUCATIONAWWAThe American Water Works Association is offering these courses: Sept. 11 – Well Rehabilitation and Asset Management Webinar Sept. 12 – Design and Maintenance...

Try to remember a time when it was harder to locate funds to improve water system facilities (or for that matter any...

Peristaltic pump improves fluoride injection accuracyProblem Pulsating-type diaphragm metering pumps were injecting fluoride at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant in North...

Water System Operator aims to bring stories that help you and your plant perform better. Now we do more of the same...

PSG names marketing, development directorsPump Solutions Group appointed Doug Cumpston director of global segment marketing, and named Russell Sitka director of business...

How can a small water company set up a SCADA system that provides and stores information to support intelligent decisions and control...

Clean-water operators for small municipalities that regularly accept (or are asked to accept) septage for treatment have a unique opportunity to learn...

people/awardsTom Schultz, director of the Mechanic Falls (Maine) Wastewater Treatment Plant, retired after nearly 42 years in the field. The City of Willis...

Mike Gee enjoys being the sole operator at Marco Shores Wastewater Treatment Plant in Marco Island, Fla. He manages the 300,000 gpd...

Frank Wallace must feel like he has a staff of 62 people operating his Caryville-Jacksboro Utilities Commission wastewater collection and treatment systems. That’s...

A lot has changed since 2007 at the White Slough Water Pollution Control Plant in Lodi, Calif. There’s a new biosolids process,...

Mike Bisi went to elementary school next to the Glastonbury (Conn.) Water Pollution Control Facility. He confesses he probably was one of...

Someone wise once said nothing ever goes wrong — until it does. The captain of the cruise ship Carnival Triumph probably thought...

Honeywell to reduce energy costs for Puerto Rico authorityHoneywell signed an agreement to upgrade wastewater treatment plants for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct...

A screening system from Enviro-Care for septage and heavy sludges is designed to address wastewater treatment plants’ desires for high uptime, low...

WILO single-stage inline centrifugal pumpThe Stratos GIGA high-efficiency, single-stage inline centrifugal pump from WILO USA is designed for use in hot-water heating...

One obvious benefit of getting out of the office and into the field is seeing things from a new perspective. I had...

Trailer-mounted pressThe Bright Technologies 1.7-meter trailer-mounted belt filter press system with folding conveyor and operator walkways can service multiple sites. Easily transportable...