Editorial Articles

Treatment package for surface waterProblem The 0.5 mgd Hardy County (W.Va.) Public Service District Water Treatment Plant opened in 2012 to supply water...

Caustic leaks and the solution freezing every winter worried operators at the direct filtration Columbia River Water Treatment Plant in Richland, Wash. A...

PEOPLE/AWARDSThe AWWA Board of Directors named John Donahue, general manager of the North Park (Ill.) Public Water District and longtime AWWA volunteer,...

Automakers offer cash rebates. Shoe stores offer buy-one-get-one-free deals. Grocery stores offer double-coupon days. And the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority...

Cost-effective disinfection is important to all water treatment plants, but especially for smaller water systems. Low-flow systems (defined generally as 1 mgd...

A small-system operator asked Florida Gateway College what processes could be used to remove or mitigate taste and odors in drinking water. Taste...

Sometimes a simple change can make a big impact. Such is the case for the drinking water treatment plant in St. Peters,...

When the Cave Run Regional Water Treatment Plant won the 2012 Water Treatment Plant Award of Excellence from the AWWA Kentucky/Tennessee Section,...

Dalton Utilities boasts an impressive list of awards in the past 14 years, including consecutive Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) awards...

Safety is on everyone’s mind every day at the E.H. Aldrich Station Water Treatment Facility in Elrama, Pa. It has been that...

As metering accuracy becomes ever more essential to business performance, water utilities are exploring the latest metering technologies. Badger Meter now offers...

Walchem handheld fluorometerThe Turner Designs Opti-Check fluorometer from Walchem, IWAKI America, ensures accurate calibration of the Little Dipper online fluorometer that measures...

Flowmeter calibration serviceFlow Dynamics primary and secondary standard calibration for flowmeters from Badger Meter calibrates liquid and gas flowmeters from any...

When the importance of staying safe is so obvious — when the reason is as basic as making sure everyone goes home...

CST Storage receives Canadian Welding Bureau certificationCST Storage received Canadian Welding Bureau certification, enabling it to provide welded structures in Canada that...

The Northern Rockies region of northeastern British Columbia has a wealth and diversity of natural resources, heritage and culture. Over the last...

People/AwardsThe Florida Department of Environmental Protection honored Bonita Springs Utilities with the 2012 Plant Operations Excellence Award for the East Water Reclamation...

If it’s individual initiative you’re looking for, take a gander at Gardner, Kan. There you’ll find Scott  Millholland and his crew of...

How do a number of large food processing plants and a sensitive waterfowl habitat co-exist in a relatively small agricultural community? In...