Editorial Articles

The 4.7 mgd Dover (N.H.) Wastewater Treatment Facility operates under facility supervisor Ray Vermette — who also serves as chief operator....

To appreciate the importance of mixing, it helps to consider the array of products that require mixing as they are...

Proxitane WW-12 disinfectant from Solvay Chemicals is based on environmentally compatible peracetic acid (PAA) and hydrogen peroxide for biological...

Rig-A-Lite MAR2 LED lighting fixture The MAR2 LED lighting fixture from Rig-A-Lite is designed for hazardous and severe environments. Featuring a copper-free...

Panelboard The PowerPlex panelboard from Appleton Electric transfers its flamepath protection from the enclosure to individual circuit breaker housings. The component-level...

People/Awards The City of Rolla Wastewater Treatment Division received the Outstanding Safety Performance Award for Large Wastewater Treatment Plants from the...

It isn't often that community residents can visit their local wastewatertreatment plant to view creative public art, but in the City of...

In my experience, clean-water plant managers and superintendents have one important thing in common: They are not interested in taking...

Buckley joins UV Pure Technologies Steve Buckley joined UV Pure Technologies and will be responsible for a sales territory and business development...

Imagine showing up at your treatment plant in the morning and finding your process completely out of kilter. It's no...

Pumping concentrated brown grease at 180 degrees F into a heated 10,000-gallon storage tank at the Easterly Wastewater Treatment Plant...

Making an impression on the youth in Greeley, Colo., has been easy for industrial pretreatment specialist Eddie Treviño. "I told my five-year-old granddaughter...

The Neely Wastewater Reclamation Plant in Gilbert, Ariz., now gets 44 percent of its electricity from photovoltaic solar arrays it...

SCADA solves pressure spikes Problem Pumping conflicts in 16 lift stations on a major force main in Winter Park, Fla., were causing pressure flow...

Collector chain resists corrosion Problem A microbiological attack on the 403 stainless steel collector chains at the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant in Winthrop,...

When the New York Town of Riverhead needed to expand one of its 12 pump stations, local officials decided on a brand...

Plant operators are integral to the education program at Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) in Rhode Island on multiple levels — and one...

An upgrade to the Mandeville (La.) Wastewater Treatment Plant from 2 to 4 mgd included replacement of an aging UV disinfection system...

State regulatory agencies are ratcheting down nutrient limits for wastewater treatment plants, notably limits on phosphorus. Reaching extremely low phosphorus limits is...