Editorial Articles

The Willamette River Water Treatment Plant was built as a long series of buildings in a row, each joined by sections of...

Municipal and industrial clean-water operators are brothers and sisters in arms, facing different treatment processes but many of the same basic challenges...

It’s hard to imagine operating a water or wastewater plant without a modern SCADA system. But what SCADA characteristics help operators keep...

Water has always been a vital resource. Only recently are businesses and government entities treating it as such. The latest evidence of this...

WASTEWATER - By Rick Lallish Where do the bacteria obtain the necessary oxygen to survive in an anoxic zone? A. Remaining dissolved oxygen B. Nitrite...

Entry 225223In my exploration of books about water and wastewater treatment, I usually find two extremes: highly technical tomes that are the...

Decanter centrifuge reduces biosolids disposal costs Problem Hollandia Dairy in Southern California was paying to transport 25,000 pounds of wastewater biosolids a day. ...

Without proper detection, trace metals in a water system can lead to human and environmental health risks. To combat this issue, Aqua...

The energy demand for the water and wastewater industry is approximately 75 billion kWh per year, or about 3% of the electricity...

Flomatic Valves Model 5400 Flo-E-Centric plug valve Flomatic Valves’ Flo-E-Centric Model 5400 is an energy-efficient round-port eccentric plug valve designed in compliance with...

Holland Pump acquires Alpha Pump and Equipment Holland Pump announced it acquired Alpha Pump and Equipment based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The acquisition...

People/AwardsMany staff members from NEW Water in Green Bay took part in the 53rd annual Wisconsin Wastewater Operators’ Association conference. During the...

Belt Filter/Rotary Press Bright Technologies, Division of Sebright Products, 0.6-meter skid-mounted belt filter press The compact 0.6-meter skid-mounted belt filter press from...

Xylem offers decision intelligence paper Xylem offers a white paper on decision intelligence, presenting six strategies to transform the economics of utility water...

People/Awards The West County (California) Wastewater District hired four executives: Andrew Clough, deputy general manager; Justin Lovell, administrative services department manager; Michael Savannah,...

The ability to cut costs while maintaining high-quality treatment is on the forefront of every water treatment operator’s mind, especially during budget...

Wastewater sampling can be an arduous process. Because treatment facilities are held to high uniform standards, the methods for both collecting and...

Flomatic AIS-Compliant Automatic Control Valves Flomatic Automatic Control Valves are designed for use with various types of pressure and electric controls to provide...

Entry 225669Patty Potty is on a mission to save sewer systems from flushable wipes and other things people flush that don’t belong...