Editorial Articles

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

On the day he started work in May 2011 as a second-shift maintenance foreman at the Town of Enfield (Conn.) Water Pollution...

The laboratory staff at the wastewater treatment plant in Loveland, Colo., wanted an easier way to analyze and report influent and effluent...

With a compact city covering 46 square miles, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission prefers bike tours to explore its wastewater plants,...

When an energy audit recommended variable-frequency drives for blowers, team members at the New Ulm (Minn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant weren’t so sure...

Solids-handling pumps stop cloggingProblem Wastewater from a nearby casino brings sheets, rubber gloves, shirts and mop heads to the two lift stations at...

PEOPLE/AWARDSThe Chandler, Ind. Water Treatment Plant was recognized with an Engineering Excellence Merit Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)...

Officials in the fast-growing Phoenix suburb of Peoria have a water conservation philosophy they care enough about to have trademarked: Peoria has...

It’s hard to think winter when summer is just starting to bloom. But the fact is, winter in northern climates brings the...

Located in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and facing a multi-year drought, the City of El Paso knows its local water sources...

When the 14 operators at the Joseph Jensen Treatment Plant faced a major disinfection system upgrade in 2005, they rose to the...

Mike Patton compares the customers’ perception of his water treatment plant to that of a patient entering a hospital. “You wouldn’t feel right...

David Ricker sees water treatment as more than a job — it’s who he is and what he does. Ricker, a 36-year...

The Chem-Pro model C2 diaphragm metering pump from Blue-White Industries provides accurate dispensing of chlorine, alum, sulfuric acid and other liquid feeds...

Precision Digital level meterThe PD6801 ProtEX F&I explosion-proof level meter from Precision Digital Corp. is designed for safe and hazardous environments. The...

Reverse osmosis treatmentThe model ADRO5-1L-6H treatment system from AdEdge Water Technologies removes arsenic and TDS using a skid-mounted reverse osmosis (RO) unit...

This issue of Water System Operator features a water school in Peoria, Ariz., that teaches people how to conserve water with xeriscaping...

Vortab Co. offers flow conditioning brochureThe Vortab Co. offers a brochure for plant, process and instrumentation engineers on flow conditioning devices that...

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