Editorial Articles

Self-priming pump The Contractor Pump range from AllightPrimax is designed for cost-efficient fluid handling. Fuel usage is minimized through the hydraulic pump-end, impeller...

The AGV Vertical Auger Monster wastewater screening system from JWC Environmental combines a grinder, fine screen and compactor. The system mounts to...

WAGO IO-Link Master module The 750-675 4-Channel IO-Link Master module from WAGO Corp. simplifies integration, configuration and management of intelligent sensors and actuators....

Pepco to build biogas-fueled CHP plant Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, signed an agreement with DC Water to design, build...

Tom Sinclair loves his job and always has: “I think about work constantly — how I can make it more efficient and...

Located on the tip of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, Provincetown was the Pilgrims’first landing place. It is also the country’s oldest continuous arts...

Walk around the new Rock Falls (Ill.) Water Reclamation Facility and you can see and feel that it’s different. Skylights and windows brighten...

Ducks have found a stopping point at the City of North Royalton (Ohio) Wastewater Treatment Plant B. They land in the aeration...

People/Awards The City of Mayer was awarded a Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award-Certificate of Commendation by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Arthur Franks with...

Biofilter absorbs gases Problem The Karcher Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Port Orchard, Wash., needed to control odors and had no room to expand. Solution Engineers...

None of the wastewater treated at the Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility in Chandler, Ariz., is sent to a receiving river or lake....

Visitors to the Loxahatchee River Center don’t just learn about the river — they can see, touch and feel it. A Touch...

Hydrogen sulfide andchlorine had eroded the rails on traveling bridge filters over three sand filter bays at the Glendale Heights (Ill.) Wastewater...

Wastewater operator training often consists of stand-alone courses designed solely to impart the basic knowledge and skills needed to pass a state...

McCrometer adds Live Chat to website McCrometer added Live Chat to its website, www.mccrometer.com, enabling customers to directly communicate with flow measurement experts...

Early one morning, the Lab Detective received a call from a local operator, who described an extended aeration activated sludge package-type wastewater...

Perhaps nothing irks an employer more than a team member saying, when assigned an out-of-the-ordinary task, “That’s not in my job description.” After...

An unintended consequence of a decision made in the 1980s by the Sewerage Agency of Southern Marin, Calif., turned out to be...

Carbon adsorption F-Series premium carbon adsorption systems from Advanced Carbon Systems are engineered to maximize carbon life and minimize operational costs. They feature...