Editorial Articles

There was no wastewater treatment facility in Mankato, Minn., in the 1870s, when Laura Ingalls Wilder, who later would write the Little...

Your article, “What Exactly Do You Do?” (TPO, March 2010) really struck a nerve with me. When I worked at a local...

While in college I studied field biology, and one field trip took our class onto Lake Michigan aboard a university research vessel....

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has been a pioneer in beneficial use of biosolids: For 85 years, its Milorganite organic fertilizer, made...

One of Maya Slocum’s favorite student testimonials is: “Now I know there are people at the other end of the toilet.” Slocum,...

At the RAE Water & Sewer District near Bozeman, Mont., just two operators do all the work at a 70,000 gpd activated...

The City of Mansfield (Ark.) wastewater treatment plant has solved its NPDES permit compliance consistency problems with a recently installed special activated...

Are you about to start a major plant renovation? Do you face lots of complicated outages and cut-ins? Will your landscape be...

The AquaDiamond pile cloth media filtration system from Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc. is designed to produce reuse-quality effluent with less maintenance than traditional...

Working at the McAlpine Creek wastewater treatment plant means working as a team — not just within the plant, but among all...

1. Detcon Offers Wireless Gas Detection Sensors Model 700 gas detection sensors from Detcon include wireless technology as an integration option. All sensors...

Growing up in East Chicago, Ind., Pete Baranyai sometimes saw snow tinted orange or blackened with soot from particulate matter released by...

Rain for Rent Launches Online Customer Portal Rain for Rent has launched an online portal, enabling customers to access accounts through the company...

The first thing you’ll notice about the new wastewater treatment plant in Delhi Charter Township, Mich. is a flock of sheep tending...

People/AwardsCentral States Water Environment Association award winners include: • Ralph Pfister, Yorkville-Bristol, Operations Award, Illinois• Darsey Thoen, Moorhead, Operations Award, Minnesota• Paul...

Ohio’s Cuyahoga River has recovered remarkably since 1969, when it drew national attention by catching fire. The City of Twinsburg Wastewater Treatment...

In a typical mid-sized city, 30 to 40 percent of the electric bill for municipal purposes goes to water and wastewater treatment....

Your treatment plant is performing well and meeting its permit. Now, prove it. That’s the basic function of laboratory testing. Many larger...

Brad Moore isn’t comfortable taking credit for an educational video about wastewater treatment that won an award from the Water Environment Federation.The...