Editorial Articles

PEOPLE/AWARDS Scott Bailey, water plant supervisor, Monticello, Ill., was named Water Supply Operators Association Operator of the Year. EDUCATION Colorado The Rocky Mountain WEA is offering...

When your organization provides water to a major city in the middle of the second-largest desert in North America, a...

City leaders in a coastal community asked residents not to drink water from the tap or use it for cooking....

Traditionally, reverse osmosis (RO) and ion exchange have been used to treat groundwater for contaminants such as nitrate, perchlorate and...

"The best water quality at the most reasonable price" has been the mantra for Bob Hoyt and his staff since...

In four short years, Abbotsford has gone from a small Wisconsin town running out of water to the site of...

When the City of Manassas Public Works and Utilities Department received the 2011 Excellence in Water Treatment Plant Performance silver...

Former football coach Lou Holtz could have been talking about Don Gariepy when he said, "Ability is what you're capable...

ABB low voltage motor control center The MNS-MCC low voltage motor control center from ABB Low Voltage Products is designed to address...

Nidec Motor Corporation has added 5812 and 5813 Frame Vertical motors to the U.S. MOTORS family of TITAN vertical pump motors....

Efficient aerator motor Aqua-Aerobic Systems offers Endura Series Motors for Aqua-Jet surface aerators and AquaDDM direct-drive mixers. The motors are available...

"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man...

Biology or chemistry? I also struggled with the question of "Which Side of the Fence?" (WSO November/December 2012). I began my career...

Pepperl+Fuchs receives product certification Pepperl+Fuchs received UL Class I, Division 2, ATEX Zone 2 and IEC-Ex Zone 2 certification for its 15-...

Noninvasive leak detection reduces water loss Problem The Greensboro (N.C.) Water Resources Department used electronic listeners to locate leaks throughout a 1,500-mile service...

Michigan's Waterford Township faced the retirement of multiple Public Works staff members, some with more than three decades of water...

The Fort Knox (Ky.) Wastewater Treatment Facility received OSHA Star status under Kentucky's Voluntary Protection Program, administered by the Kentucky...

The Water Environment Federation has announced the winners of the 2012 Operations Challenge, held at WEFTEC 2012 in New Orleans last October.

Howard Carter wants people to know that wastewater treatment plants are in the business of protecting — not polluting — the...