Editorial Articles

It would be hard to pack more diverse experience into 25-plusyears in the wastewater industry than Ronald Trygar has. Before joining the...

You can talk all you want about activated sludge, but how do you get Florida’s future ratepayers to show an interest in...

If you’re looking for general manager Steve Douglas at the City of York (Pa.) Wastewater Treatment Plant, you probably won’t find him...

Energy accounts for 28 percent of wastewater operations and maintenance budgets — the second largest expense for a treatment facility after labor. That...

James R. (Jimmy) Stewart entered the wastewater treatment profession for a simple, practical reason. “The economy was bad in the early 1980s, and...

Biosolids produced at the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant weren’t always considered a resource. Before improvements to the plant in 2005, all...

Recycling system Anue Environmental Inc. offers the EP-1320 System, which recycles a small fraction of discharged wastewater back into the pump station,...

Pure Technologies Acquires Jason ConsultantsPure Technologies Ltd. has purchased the operating subsidiaries of Jason Consultants Group Ltd., specializing in underground infrastructure engineering...

The BioFuelBox mini-refinery from BioFuelBox Corp. converts fats, oils and grease from wastewater treatment plants into ASTM standard, low-sulfur premium B100 biodiesel....

People/AwardsJen Thoreson received the Laboratory Operator Award from the Minne-sota Wastewater Operators Association.Iowa Water Pollution Control Association award recipients include:• Mark McGuire,...

Moving fluids and solids streams takes energy. High-efficiency pumping systems can help wastewater treatment plants reduce their energy bills and shrink their...

A year ago, we launched Treatment Plant Operator with a simple statement: “It’s your magazine — tell your story!” A number of...

The wastewater treatment operator certification roles in Nebraska list some 900 people. Many, if not most, of them have been trained by...

Grit in biosolids was destroying the dewatering centrifuge at the Council Bluffs (Iowa) Water Pollution Control Plant. Damage to the scroll bowl...

A new gasification system at the Sanford South Water Resource Center (WRC) in Sanford, Fla. is far ahead of the curve in...

The MX4 iQuad portable gas detector from Industrial Scientific monitors oxygen, combustible gases, and toxic gases including carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and...

people/awardsThe Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Calgary, in conjunction with CH2M Hill, received the 2009 Summit Award from the Association of...

Whom can you ask when the old guys are gone? That question drove Greg Farmer, John Wright, and the crew at the...

Gus Strehlo might not have come to Wausau, Wis., or entered the wastewater profession at all, if not for his need to...