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By Rick LallishAeration reactors using buoyant free-floating biofilm carriers in an activated sludge process are known as what sort of treatment?A. Rotating...
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A Baseball All-Star’s Words Provide Advice: On Climate Change There’s No Time for Half-Measures
A sportswriter once asked the great Oakland A’s and New York Yankees slugger Reggie Jackson about the secret to winning.
His reply: “Don’t...
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A Small-Town Solution: Large Biological Treatment Surface, Compact Footprint
Small communities need simple, cost-effective wastewater treatment processes. The ideal system delivers reliably compliant effluent in a package that requires minimal on-site...
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Gear-Driven High-Efficiency Blowers From Inovair Deliver Substantial Savings
For years the Paducah McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency dealt with too much or not enough air supply in its clean-water plant’s...
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How to Prevent CSOs? Capture Stormwater Before It Hits the Combined Sewers.
KC Water has turned to landscaping to help cope with combined sewer overflows.
The water utility that serves Kansas City, Missouri, operates under...
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The Nation's Top Region for Biosolids Land Application Now Has Its Own Advocate Organization
Midwestern utilities arguably land-apply more biosolids than those in any other region of the country. So it only makes sense that the...
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Results-Oriented Leadership Helps Ensure High-Quality Drinking Water for Fort Myers Residents
Passion for the work, respect for team members, and open communication add up to a winning workplace.
Just ask Steven Matuska, lead operator...
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Product News - April 2023
RPS Composites grooved adapterRPS Composites’ newly engineered RPS grooved adapter is designed to be used in conjunction with RPS FRP piping systems and...
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Product Focus: Monitoring and Instrumentation
Analytical Instrumentation
HORIBA Scientific Aqualog A-TEEM
The Aqualog A-TEEM from HORIBA Scientific is a fluorometer that simultaneously scans for absorbance and fluorescence excitation and emission...
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Exam Study Guide - April 2023
WASTEWATER
By Rick LallishWhen using membrane bioreactors, what is typically required for upstream screening?A. Stringent pretreatment standards for all industrial usersB. Primary clarification followed by...
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Test Your Knowledge: How Well Do Clean-Water Plants Recover Valuable Resources?
We have come a long way since 1970. As I was entering college, an ad running frequently on TV touted a frozen...
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The Right Package of Maintenance Strategies Can Elevate Plant Efficiency and Reliability
Effective maintenance is critical to reliable water and wastewater treatment. An unplanned breakdown of a critical piece of equipment can lead to...
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Backup Power and More
Hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters in the news highlight the importance of reliable emergency power for water and wastewater treatment facilities.
Besides...
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Sometimes Green Is Not Good. Here's a Remedy for Algal Problems in Surface Source Waters
In late of 2017 the City of Marysville in north-central Ohio experienced its first harmful algae bloom in its surface water reservoir.After...
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Food Waste Helps Power this Plant's Quest for Energy Self-Sufficiency
Greg Wright has found that the path to energy self-sufficiency has many obstacles for rural clean-water plants.
That hasn’t discouraged him from continuing...
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What Does Wastewater Treatment Cost?
In my first newspaper jobs I covered a wide range of municipal organizations, including water and sewer utilities. One water utility had...
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A California Project Proves It: Big Plant Improvement Projects Are All About People, Notably Operators
The EchoWater Project in Sacramento took seven years to construct, costing nearly $1.8 billion. It is touted as the biggest public works...
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A Switch From Reactive to Predictive Maintenance Makes a Big Difference at Great Lakes Water Authority
Jeffrey Dorsey had the same level of knowledge as most people when he applied for a job in the water industry.
“I knew...
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Surprised by Recognition: This Operator's Unassuming Style Includes Building Great Rapport With His Team
When Jeff LeMay got the call that he’d been named 2021 Regional Wastewater Operator of the Year by the U.S. EPA, “I...



















