Editorial Articles

When Panama City Beach officials in 1998 considered ways to divert 7 mgd of effluent from a northwest Florida estuary known as...

Endress+Hauser launches online instrumentation trainingEndress+Hauser launched its End User Academy (www.us.endress.com/eua), enabling field technicians to gain training to run plant operations safely...

Clean-water plant teams often feel isolated — they work on the outskirts of town, not in visible places like the fire station,...

In 2002, a “Wastewater Treatment for Youngsters” digital slide show and picture book was a big step forward for the Metropolitan Council...

While most wastewater treatment plants focus on material collected from their own systems, some choose — often for economic reasons — to...

Jim Meehan’s reasoning is simple: Operators who are better schooled and have higher-level licenses help a treatment plant perform more effectively. He and...

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

Screens meet discharge permitProblem During rains, the combined sewer system of the Detroit Water and Sewer Department discharged 20 billion gallons annually...

It is the picture of a sustainable system: nourishing crops with biosolids, converting crops into biodiesel, fueling engines to power a wastewater...

PEOPLE/AWARDSChi Ho Sham, Ph.D., senior vice president of Cadmus Group and leader of its Environmental Science and Policy Division, received the AWWA...

Unlike many water districts in Southern California, the Mesa Water District doesn’t rely on water from the California Delta or the Colorado...

F loods, hurricanes, power outages and high winds are just a few obstacles overcome by operators at the Octoraro Water Treatment Plant...

Florida is beginning a campaign to monitor mercury because of its accumulation in the state’s surface waters. A community close to a...

You want details taken care of, call Rick Garloff. Now an operator with Tidewater Utilities in the area of Rehoboth Beach, Del.,...

Separated from their city by 5 miles, the six operators at the Maryville Water Filtration Plant in the eastern Tennessee foothills work...

Municipal water utilities often turn to membrane filtration for fine particle removal and as a physical barrier against pathogens. Among the new technology...

Pennsylvania American Water unveils $24 million upgradePennsylvania American Water completed a $24 million upgrade to the Rock Run Water Treatment Plant in...

In the desert, rainfall may be scarce but the tap water supply is reliable and sunlight is plentiful. Phoenix (Ariz.) Water Services...

Abaque Series peristaltic (hose) pumps have a seal-less design that enables them to handle a variety of challenging liquids and slurries in...