Wastewater operators’ education initiatives usually reach out — to students and adults in their communities.
Two Virginia towns recently took a different approach,...
Editorial Articles
Displaying results 3725-3743 of 4171
Editorial
Saving Solution
The Eastsound Sewer and Water District operates a small (15,000 gpd) recirculating gravel filter system on Orcas Island, Wash. — one of...
Editorial
The Right Recipe
The Ohio city of London brought its new activated sludge wastewater treatment plant online in 2009 and soon encountered issues with solids...
Editorial
Looking Upstream
There is more to being a regulator than enforcing regulations. Collaboration was one thing that helped Merrimack (N.H.) industrial wastewater pretreatment manager...
Editorial
July Industry News
Suomi Joins Gorman-Rupp as District Manager
Chris Suomi joined the Gorman-Rupp Co. as central district manager-engineered systems. Based in Wisconsin, he will cover...
Editorial
Your Most Critical Audience?
One of the toughest things to deal with at work is a boss who doesn’t understand you — or worse, doesn’t understand...
Editorial
Soaking Up Knowledge
Using rain gardens to educate the community about rainwater runoff is serious business at the 12 mgd (design) activated sludge wastewater treatment...
Editorial
Pumps, Drives, Valves and Blowers
Hybrid compressor
Delta Hybrid oil-free rotary lobe compressor packages from Aerzen USA Corp. combine rotary lobe blowers with screw compressor technologies for flows...
Editorial
July Product News
General Monitors Introduces TS4000H Gas Detector
The TS4000H gas detector from General Monitors is made to continually monitor for hydrogen and can detect...
Editorial
Wireless Valve Actuator System Eliminates Cable
The Pakscan P3 modular control system from Rotork Controls provides a wireless network for Rotork valve actuators, eliminating wiring in new installations...
Editorial
So Long to Red Circles
John Lande remembers a time when he AND his staff didn’t enjoy going to work. In the late 1990s, a new permit...
Editorial
One Step Ahead
“Be prepared.” That old Boy Scout motto might well be the watchword at the Tappahannock (Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In anticipation of new...
Editorial
Worth Noting - July 2011
People/Awards
Samuel Davis, electronics technician with U.S. Water, working at the Florida Government Utility Authority’s Seven Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant in Holiday, Fla.,...
Editorial
Odor Control and Disinfection
Dual technology reactor controls odors
Problem
Odors from two pump stations in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., were aggravating residents and tourists. Lee County Utilities...
Editorial
Touching All Bases
From active solar biosolids dryers to an aggressive office-recycling program, the Noblesville (Ind.) Wastewater Treatment Plant has done its part to help...
Editorial
Early Start
With Idaho’s Snake River running through her community, Jacque Nation has a keen interest in protecting the resource. As a former teacher...
Editorial
Proof Positive
An upgrade in 2008 reduced the nitrogen discharge of the Town of Huntington (N.Y.) Wastewater Treatment Plant by 90 percent and met...
Editorial
Sensitive Noses
There was a time when odors from places like manufacturing plants and wastewater treatment facilities were considered simply facts of life. Community...




















