The City of Lawrence (Kan.) WastewaterTreatment Plant already had a good rapport with neighbors, especially the farmers who benefit from the plant’s...
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Worth Noting - April 2009
PeopleElliott Garay is the newest certified wastewater treatment plant operator in Lake Placid, Fla. Employed as the town’s meter reader since October...
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A Walk in the Park
People don’t typically think of wastewater treatment plants as local attractions, but they do in Escambia County, Fla. There, a 1.5-mile boardwalk...
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A Delicate Subject
I have never worked in a wastewater treatment plant, but I have worked in and around the wastewater industry for a fair...
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Building for the Future
Wastewater operators were hired by the thousands in the early 1970s after passage of the Clean Water Act. Now, many of those...
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The Daily Grind
Odors from the open wet well at the Las Vegas Street Wastewater Treatment Plant septage receiving station in Colorado Springs, Colo., were...
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Working Together
It’s all about working together to protect the environment in Sacramento County. The Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (SRWTP) does virtually everything...
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Better Processes
Process automation helps wastewater treatment operators keep treatment systems functioning and in compliance with permit requirements. Here are some of the latest...
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Chlorine Tester Requires No Special Training
Designed to provide a quicker and less technique-dependent way to measure chlorine than the DPD tablet method, the ChloroSense reagent-free portable...
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Leveling the Flow
They really “go with the flow” in Gainesville, Ga.For one thing, the community closely monitors conditions in Lake Lanier, the source of...
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Hitting the Curveball
What would you do if your state regulatory agency hit you with a stringent nutrient removal standard three years before your plant...
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Always Giving Extra
For Andrew Knight, every day at work is different. What never changes is his enthusiasm for his job as an operator II...
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Making a Good Thing Better
When Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District received the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP) seal last summer, it was as if the...
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Worth Noting - March 2009
PeopleRebecca Rose, vice chair of the Illinois Water Environment Association Laboratory Committee, was promoted to sanitary chemist II at the Metropolitan Water...
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Setting an Example
It started with the trout — the big trout, living in the Vermillion River, a Mississippi River tributary that flows through several...
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It’s a Miracle!
Sometimes it’s hard to see things that are right in front of us. That includes some truly remarkable things that we’ve come...
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Reaching Out
The nation’s wastewater infrastructure desperately needs attention. Experienced plant managers and operators are nearing retirement, and the treatment profession needs new blood....
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Living Proof
The Madison (Wis.) Metropolitan Sewerage District has monitored the chemistry of the effluent leaving its Nine Springs Treatment Plant since the early...
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Beyond the Basics
At the Dublin San Ramon Services District, green operation has become a top priority — and second nature. The district, headquartered 30...
