Editorial Articles

Hayward GF-PP basket strainers GF-PP (glass-filled polypropylene) SB Series basket strainers from Hayward Flow Control are available in sizes from 1/2 to 4...

The ST98 thermal mass flowmeter from Fluid Components International, when combined with the Vortab Insertion Panel (VIP) flow conditioner, provides an accurate,...

Wanda Schnetzer has taken her hobby to a new level. As solids operator at the 11.7 mgd (average) City of Appleton (Wis.)...

Like any successful private business, the Tacoma Central Wastewater Treatment Plant practices good customer service and product diversity as it markets its...

Consistent attention to detail is one reason Freddie Martin’s name is on the North Carolina Division of Water Quality’s Pretreatment Professionals Honor...

When the Willmar (Minn.) Wastewater TreatmentPlant needed more capacity, better odor control and the ability to meet stricter effluent limits, the city...

People/Awards The City of New Port Richey (Fla.) Wastewater Treatment Facility received the Department of Environmental Protection’s Domestic Wastewater Plant Operations Excellence Award. The...

The City of St. Joseph, Mich., had valves on two 16-inch water transmission mains and on 20- and 30-inch transmission mains that...

Meeting national standards for trihalomethane levels in drinking water created issues for the Main Street Water Treatment Plant in Yuma, Ariz.Short-circuiting and...

Analyzer solves spiking readingsProblemChlorine and water were not mixing thoroughly at a drinking water plant in South Carolina, producing incomplete conversions to...

Koch Membrane Systems launches websiteKoch Membrane Systems Inc.’s new website, www.kochmembrane.com, focuses on the company’s two major business segments: industrial and life...

Small water systems are not without support resources. Organizations like state Rural Water Associations and the AWWA (especially its state sections) are...

Wireless water meterThe IntelliH2O wireless water meter from Capstone Metering captures, collects, controls and conserves water. The meter and its software transform...

FLIR i-Series infrared cameraThe i-Series (i3, i5, i7) point-and-shoot infrared cameras from FLIR capture thousands of calibrated temperature measurements for a complete...

The A2 ProSeries Flex-Pro peristaltic metering pump from Blue-White Industries offers advanced communications, a high-pressure delivery system and tube failure monitor in...

Most staff members at the Nathaniel “Ned” Ruff Water Treatment Facility in East Chicago (Ind.) had spent 20 or more years working...

When superintendent Alan Cranford looks out at his upgraded 20 mgd Stones River Water Treatment Plant in Murfreesboro, Tenn., he may be...

The upgraded Norwood-Oeffler Water Treatment Plant in North Miami Beach, Fla., is unique in many ways. It is the first in the...

The small Town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., is tucked between mountain ranges in uranium-rich land, posing water quality problems that are energy-intensive...