“It started out with a good friend of mine” is a common theme on Rodney Spires’ journey. That’s how he got his...
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Win-Win: Biosolids Program Holds Down Solids Management Costs and Delivers Quality Product to Farmers
The Orem, Utah, biosolids operation enjoys the best of both worlds — maybe the best of many.
The treatment plant’s old but well-maintained...
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A New Water Plant Enables Kentucky American Water to Meet Its Key Customer's Water Demand for Years to Come
A new drinking water plant opened beside the Kentucky River a few years ago, but its main customer, the city of Lexington,...
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Boston's Water Agency Earns Plaudits for Improving Operations, Fiscal Responsibility and Public Outreach
You won’t find a treatment plant at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. You will find a highly dedicated operations team that...
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County Wastewater Treatment Department Tackles Seattle’s High Runoff Flows in Environmentally Sound Fashion
A new wet-weather treatment station in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood won’t be completed until late 2022, but it has already won a Platinum...
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An Innovative Treatment Solution to Suit a Legendary University
Significant operational challenges. That’s something of an understatement when making wastewater treatment enhancements at an international research university that after 170 years...
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Here's How to Make a Treatment Plant an Appealing Sight for Neighbors
Even though its 20-acre site is nearly surrounded by houses, the Southwest Water Reclamation Facility in Henderson, Nevada, is nearly invisible to...
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There's Plenty of Career Life After Retirement From Operations
While waves of water and wastewater operators retire in the years ahead, demand for their skills will certainly not decline.
That means there’s...
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Here's a Solution for Emergency or Peak Seasonal Needs for Aeration
Water and wastewater treatment plant teams are well familiar with rental electric power. If there’s an emergency or some other short-term need,...
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Retirement Isn't a Time to Retreat. It's a Time to Have Choices and Stay Active
When you think of getting old, what do you worry about? Many of us worry about the same things: getting ill or...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
By Rick Lallish
What will happen if you lose vacuum to the feed line on a chlorinator?
A. Water feed to the chlorinator...
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Monitoring and Instrumentation
System solves waste treatment challenges for rural town
Problem: The 30,000-gpd wastewater treatment system in Section, Alabama (population 770), was designed to treat residential...
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Worth Noting - April 2019
People/Awards
Wastewater department employee Douglas Hartsaugh retired after more than 31 years as a public utilities worker in Circleville, Ohio.
Kayla Stephens was...
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Creating drier solids
Biosolids dewatering can offer enormous potential savings for operators of sewage treatment plants. Depending on system capacity, 1 percent more dry substance...
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A more efficient underdrain
The bolt-down Leopold Type 360 underdrain system is designed with efficiency in mind. The system for greenfield projects and rehabilitation of water...
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Pinellas County Students Learn About Wastewater on Site and in Class
Shea Dunifon, education coordinator for Pinellas County Utilities in Florida, tirelessly invents creative ways to teach K-12 students about wastewater.
She makes it...
