Editorial Articles

You won’t find many women senior wastewater operators today. You’ll find even fewer who operate a four-story, 200 wet-ton-per-day multiple- hearth furnace. Yet,...

In a mining district of northeastern Ontario, biosolids from wastewater treatment plants are being used to revegetate land that had been covered...

A series of high-flow simulations conducted last winter by the Prince William County (Virginia) Service Authority will help the utility identify near-...

Unlike most wastewater lift stations whose owners try to hide or disguise them, the Calgary Forest Lawn Lift Station in southern Alberta...

Entry 225943No one questions the importance and success of the Clean Water Act. It has without a doubt led to better technology,...

Clean-water plants are challenged to meet ever-stricter limits on effluent phosphorus. Typically, the remedies include chemical treatment, media filtration and process changes enabling...

So you attended WEFTEC in Chicago. You’re back at home and on the job. What will you do with what you learned? If...

WASTEWATER- By Rick Lallish What is the expected or recommended time it should take for the contents in an oxidation ditch to travel the...

Turnkey solution eliminates chain and scraper downtime Problem The Grass Valley area of California has challenges that include mine drainage and heavy flows...

As municipal budgets have tightened over the last decade, operators are constantly on the hunt for infrastructure to fit both their performance...

Pumping liquids containing high chloride or extreme pH levels can require specially made equipment. The stainless steel Flygt N3069 from Xylem is...

Nidec Motor vertical HOLLOSHAFT inverter duty motors Nidec Motor totally enclosed fan-cooled CORRO-DUTY vertical HOLLOSHAFT inverter duty motors are cast iron and designed...

People/Awards Lisa Rhea was hired as the senior water resources manager for the City of St. Petersburg, Florida. She will oversee the city’s...

Building/Structure Legacy Building Solutions tension fabric buildings Tension fabric buildings from Legacy Building Solutions provide a high level of flexibility for a...

The Queen Street Water Treatment Plant in the Saskatchewan city of Yorkton is far from ordinary. It’s an integral part of a...

There’s always a need for education to help bring new professionals into the water and wastewater field. The Ohio State University has...

Aeration for secondary treatment is typically the largest source of electric power demand in clean-water plants, accounting for roughly half the total...

One problem treatment plant operators rarely, if ever, face is surplus money to deal with the everyday issues they face. Therefore, perhaps by...

WASTEWATER - By Rick Lallish What type of settled sludge digests the most efficiently in an anaerobic digester? A. Grit and manually removed screenings B. Primary...