Editorial Articles

Keeping a clean-water or drinking water plant in compliance is a daily operating challenge — and also a matter of logistics.A sound...

Thanks to plant operators and staff, part of an otherwise unusable piece of land at the Marshfield (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Facility adds...

Scum. It’s the plastics, grease and other floatables that hover on the surface during wastewater clarification. No one likes scum, and no...

Lead drinking water services became front-page news after widespread lead poisoning was discovered in Flint, Michigan.Some water utilities had been tackling lead...

The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Regional Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Facility must meet stringent phosphorous limits of 0.8 mg/L to 0.19...

The Beaver Dam (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant is an extended aeration facility. Its activated sludge process allows the wastewater to spend 24...

The answer to almost any question about the water department in Cloverdale, Indiana, is just a phone call away. Richard Saucerman, water...

Charlie Martin always loved science and solving problems. That makes him a perfect fit in the clean-water profession.As city engineer in Graceville,...

Some clean-water plants have trouble finding land to apply their biosolids. That’s not the case at Fort Collins, Colorado.The city owns the...

Each year, Anaheim (California) Public Utilities hosts a water poster contest for first through eighth graders.The Water Is Life contest was created...

People/AwardsThe Water Environment Federation has designated 15 members as 2020 WEF Fellows in recognition of their achievements and contributions in the water...

KSB names Maturana as presidentKSB announced the promotion of Luis Maturana to president. He joined KSB in 2018 and had served as...

Digital Pressure Monitor enables ‘smart’ diffuser operationAs wastewater plants become increasingly high-tech, components of the treatment process are seeing “smart” upgrades.  Xylem...

Digital system helps optimize plant operationsIn today’s state-of-the-art water and wastewater treatment plants, automation leads to efficiency. When facilities can leave day-to-day...

Federal Screen Products intake screensFederal Screen Products offers innovative and cost-effective intake screens for water applications. Its wedge wire screens are a...

During the wet-weather season, influent wastewater flow to many wastewater treatment plants increases significantly. The water quality of influent during the wet...

Automated systems in a water or wastewater treatment system typically rely on data in order to make the slight adjustments needed to...

Outage wash wastewater treatment requirements achieved after upgradeProblemA Midwest electric utility had difficulty meeting effluent standards at one of its coal-fired power...

Buildings/Structures GALENE WATER TREATMENT CCS SERIES CCS Series plug-and-play package wastewater plants from Galene Water Treatment offer high process stability and effluent quality; a corrosion-resistant,...