Editorial Articles

At the 75th Street Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boulder, Colo., five resource recovery specialists (RRS) manage biosolids. Their collective experience runs into...

In municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, sludge clarifiers are often used to separate solids from the effluent system by introducing air...

From high technology to detect potentially hazardous gases to simple railing systems to prevent falls and other mishaps, industry manufacturers offer a...

A bout 75 miles across the Continental Divide from Denver, the resort town of Frisco sits on the southwest shore of the...

WEF Presents Excellence AwardsThe Water Environment Federation presented the following Excellence Awards: Camp Applied Research Medal, Ronald W. Crites; Collection Systems Award,...

Native fish swimming in treatment plant effluent. Floral and prairie plantings. Green roofs. Rain gardens. Walking paths through woods and wetlands.These are...

Orlando Lee never pictured himself as an author. In his work life, he’s a certified operator at the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater...

Removal of chlorine from treated effluent is a fundamental prerequisite of the wastewater treatment process, mandated by the U.S. EPA and Texas...

A key to environmental excellence is blending green initiatives with low-cost energy where possible — and that’s what the Pima County (Ariz.)...

DuraChem 500 series lining systems (540, 560, 580, 580 PW and DK2) from AmTech Tank Lining feature a high-build, high-temperature spray-up application....

People/AwardsBritish ColumbiaThe British Columbia Water & Waste Association has named these award recipients: • Jack Bryden, Stanley S. Copp Award.• Darcy Dragonetti...

The motto of the City of Sedgwick, Kan., is “Tradition with a Vision.” That is reflected in the city’s award-winning wastewater treatment...

Combine the European sense of sustainability with the American spirit of innovation and what do you get? In the clean-water profession, it’s...

As a young man in the U.S. Navy, Robert Lovett ran a pair of triple-effect evaporators that turned seawater into fresh water...

From a day to day perspective, biosolids management at the Everett Water Pollution Control Facility (EWPCF) in northwest Washington is relatively low...

In 1990, the City of New Bedford, Mass., turned a U.S. EPA consent decree into an opportunity to merge NPDES permit compliance...

As a boy in a small Wisconsin town on Lake Michigan, I nearly lived on the river. (The section of stream in...

Some 35 million gallons of wastewater flow daily into the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority (RVSA) treatment plant, and a like volume of...

Wastewater entering the Mt. Jackson (Va.) Sewage Treat-ment Plant was so high in nutrients that director of utilities Gale Netz wasted the...