Editorial Articles

Curtis Truss believes that training has to do much more than teach aspiring operators how to pass certification exams. His goal as executive director...

For the past six years the Town of Davie has been a state-recognized winner of the AWWA Florida Section children’s water poster contest. The...

Automation technology increases lost product recovery for meat processing plant Problem A Midwest beef processing facility had a dissolved air flotation system that could...

Torrey Pines EchoTherm digital stirring hot plate Torrey Pines Scientific’s new EchoTherm programmable digital stirring hot plate is designed for use in chemical,...

The oily wastewater produced in industrial oil and gas operations can be especially difficult to treat. CarboNet recently introduced a chemical additive...

Wrestling heavy equipment or other objects alone from box of a pickup truck is not only hard on employees, it can also...

Vogelsang USA hires Aaron Renick as VP of salesVogelsang USA welcomed Aaron Renick as vice president of sales. Renick, formerly of SEEPEX, will...

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...

In conversations about clean energy and greenhouse gases, we hear a lot about solar, wind and nuclear, and a lot less about a...

Algae blooms in drinking water reservoirs can require treatment on the spot, as well as adjustments at the water treatment plant to...

Stresses on water supplies are increasing around the world. Supplies are constrained in many areas, and water quality is a persistent concern. The...

The California Department of Corrections wanted to produce highly marketable Title 22 tertiary effluent from wastewater at its Pleasant Valley State Prison at...

Shelagh Connelly has some advice for biosolids producers: Stop hauling water. Connelly is president of RMI, a company in Holderness, New Hampshire, with 25...

The Richmond clean-water plant was humming along just fine until the Vermont town’s creamery shut down in 1999. “With the creamery, our flows...

When Andrew Shepherd looks into the microscope, he sees more than wastewater organisms. He gets a picture of the entire plant operation and can...

Daniel Wurst was young when he started his career. At 15 he was running a wastewater treatment plant. It was a door that...

California’s Central Marin Sanitation Agency teaches about water conservation one person at a time, through public events and by building rapport through...

People/awards The Palm Beach County (Florida) Water Utilities Department achieved ISO 55001 certification for its Asset Management System. It is the only North American water utility...

WASTEWATER By Rick Lallish Which classification of anaerobic digester is the most efficient at pathogen reduction, increased volatile solids reduction and decreased detention times? A. Heterophilic B....