An automatic sludge blanket detector from Markland Specialty Engineering helps wastewater treatment plants monitor sludge levels in clarifiers and other tanks and...
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Automatic device helps monitor clarifier sludge blankets
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Product News - May 2013
Sage thermal mass flowmeterThe RIO ATEX Zone 1 thermal mass flowmeter from Sage Metering features the In-Situ field zero calibration check, wide...
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Clean and Beautiful
When Clean Water Services wanted to expand wastewater treatment capacity in the West Basin portion of its service area in Oregon, officials...
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Power Plant: Proceed With Care
I read with interest your editorial on renewable energy (“You Operate a Power Plant,” TPO, February 2013). We have undertaken many initiatives...
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When Memory Walks Away
Imagine that you manage a clean-water plant with 15 operators. Within the next two years, four of them are likely to retire....
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Digging for Answers
Joe, the chief plant operator at the city’s wastewater treatment plant, was perplexed. After numerous adjustments to the aeration system and batch...
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Industry News - May 2013
American Water Resources opens operations centerAmerican Water Resources, subsidiary of American Water, opened its expanded operations center in Alton, Ill. Enlarged from...
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Building Better Leaders
It’s tough making the move from clean-water plant operations to management. Many who take that step have to learn leadership skills on...
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Knowledge Preservation
As the third-largest clean-water facility in Colorado, the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant values its commitments to eliminating odors, maintaining high standards of...
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Leading by Example
When potable water had to be trucked in and septic tanks were the only option for wastewater treatment for the Leyes de...
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Targeting Efficiency
Three years ago, an energy audit of the Freeport (Maine) Wastewater Treatment Plant found many ways to save energy by upgrading old...
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Control by Observation
Operators at the City of Corning (N.Y.) WastewaterTreatment Plant knew the advantages of visually monitoring biomass growth in their submerged rotating biological...
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New Water Tools Flow In
Everything water will be under one roof in June, as the American Water Works Association’s 2013 Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE13) is...
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Control Platform for Water Treatment Enhances Efficiency
Festo has introduced the CECC modular controller and a scalable control system designed to make control system installation and renovation more affordable...
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Worth Noting - April 2013
PEOPLE/AWARDSDavid Bernier, superintendent of the North Conway Water Precinct, was awarded the 2012 Operator of the Year Award by the Granite State...
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Ear to the Ground
Ever since Dallas Water Utilities targeted water conservation awareness in 2001, the pattern has been to run a campaign for two years,...
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Forward Looking
A major valve needs replacing. How will the repair affect pressures on the system? In what areas? When is the best time...
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Not to be Neglected
Without a doubt, the most important part of water treatment plant operation is filter performance. Filters are usually the last physical defense...
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Fine-Tuning the System
In the high desert of Reno, Nev., Truckee Meadows Water Authority strives to produce the highest-quality drinking water as cost-effectively as possible....
