Editorial Articles

In today’s economic and social climate, federal and state agencies are tightening wastewater discharge permits and pushing clean-water facilities to adopt more...

Significant progress toward net-zero power consumption with solar energy only made the staff at the Town of Windsor Water Reclamation Facility in...

Biogas is a high-value clean and renewable fuel potentially available at thousands of clean-water plants that have anaerobic digesters. Many facilities already put...

When Johnny Cash sang “I walk the line,” he wasn’t referring to monitoring a line of 240 rural septic tanks. But that is...

It’s not just the water coming through the sewer system that concerns Bruce Royce and his team at the Midland Water Reclamation...

Derek Gormon never planned for a career in the clean-water industry. Still, he’s not surprised to find himself as the manager of...

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services started its water festival 31 years ago to engage fourth graders in learning about the...

AERZEN Rental Temporary Oil-Free Blowers AERZEN Rental provides temporary oil-free blower packages engineered for aggressive rental environments with onboard variable-frequency drives, remote monitoring and...

People/Awards The Sheboygan Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant was recognized as the 2023 Lab of the Year from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.The...

WASTEWATER By Rick LallishWhat piece of laboratory equipment is used to determine settleable solids?A. CrucibleB. SettleometerC. Imhoff coneD. FilterAnswer: C. The settleable solids test is used to...

Duperon’s Steve Aiken earns MWEA honorDuperon Regional Sales Manager Steve Aiken was named recipient of the Michigan Water Environment Association Dan Wolz Clean...

Sometimes in the wastewater treatment industry, there simply isn’t a need to reinvent the wheel. That is certainly the case with Muffin...

In your treatment plant, sensor readings are often right at your fingertips. But what if you need readings from remote lift stations,...

KROHNE TIDALFLUX 2300 F flowmeterKROHNE’s TIDALFLUX 2300 F electromagnetic flowmeter is a flow measurement solution ideal for partially filled pipes. It provides...

Controller solves facility’s chromium contamination problem Problem: An FAA Certified Part 145 Repair Station maintenance repair overhaul facility was unable to discharge to their...

Analytical Instrumentation HF scientific, a Watts Brand CLX Online Chlorine AnalyzerEnjoy easy, online analysis and accurate readings with the CLX Online Chlorine Analyzer...

It was interesting to see thermal hydrolysis being researched at Washington State University being presented as a new and novel process (TPO,...

PEOPLE/AWARDS Dustin White, wastewater foreman in Albert Lea, Minnesota, earned his Class A Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator Certificate from the Minnesota Pollution Control...

WASTEWATER By Rick LallishAccording to U.S. EPA Part 503 regulations, which type of biosolids may be used as soil amendment and/or fertilizer for...