Sustainability was being practiced in Boulder, Colorado’s water system long before sustainability was a trendy concept. There has been hydroelectric generation on...
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Keeping the Climate Commitment
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Schwing Bioset Process Helps a Community Maximize Beneficial Use of Resources
Innovative solutions in wastewater are not limited to treatment plants in big cities. Small or midsized operations can be progressive as well.
The...
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Redirecting Water to Create a Sustainable Plant Environment
There are huge benefits to the rain gardens at the two wastewater treatment plants in Fayetteville, Arkansas, says Tim Luther, operations manager...
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Reverse Osmosis Is Costly. Here's a Cost-Effective Way to Make Water for Direct Portable Reuse.
As various regions of the country struggle with stressed drinking water supplies, direct potable reuse of wastewater is gaining acceptance.
Various hurdles stand...
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Charlie's Angels Make Their Mark in Operations Challenge at WEFTEC
Women have competed on Operations Challenge teams for years. The Water Environment Federation’s 2018 Technical Exhibition and Conference marked the first time...
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Factory-Built Membrane Bioreactor Packages Suited for Small Flows
Membrane bioreactors are designed with an all-in-one process to yield high-quality effluent that meets strict discharge requirements or can be reused for...
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Baltimore Finds an Innovative Way to Recruit a New Generation of Professionals
Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph Chow, P.E., met with department...
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Here's a Network for Grooming Young People for Careers in the Water Professions
“The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our...
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Letters: About Reverse Euphemisms
I wanted to take a few minutes and say kudos for a job well-done in TPO’s Let’s Be Clear editorial. I know...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER - By Rick Lallish
Chlorine contact time varies from state to state. Most states require either 15 or 30 minutes at the design...
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Case Studies - Biosolids Management and Headworks
Cleaning system eliminates biomass, increases productivity
Problem: Shane Donoghue, a wastewater facilities manager in a large Australian city, saw accumulation of FOG and biomass up...
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Worth Noting - February 2019
People/Awards
The City of Norwalk, Ohio, hired Wade Leimeister as the wastewater treatment superintendent. For the previous five years, Leimeister supervised both the...
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Securing energy-efficient flow
In today’s high-tech water treatment world, automation is synonymous with efficiency. With that in mind, ABB has introduced the ACQ580 variable-frequency drive....
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Producing drier grit
Hauling and disposal of effluent and grit is often one of the largest budget items wastewater treatment plant operators need to consider....
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San Antonio's Water System Taps the Wisdom of Young City Residents
The 2019 San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Confluence Conference on Feb. 26 will assemble up to 700 high school students to showcase...
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Two More Treatment Plants Put Their Best Faces Forward
First impressions matter. Two clean-water plant operators responded to TPO’s request to share pictures of the welcome signs that help send positive...
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Data Drives Decisions for the Lab Director at the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District
Walking into the East Canyon Water Reclamation Facility laboratory in Utah for the first time, Tiffini Adams was struck by the silence...
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The Improvements Just Keep Coming at the Glasgow Wastewater Treatment Plant
The improvements just keep coming at the Glasgow (Kentucky) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Built in 1962 as a trickling filter plant with upflow sand...
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A North Carolina Water Plant Earns the Area-Wide Optimization Award
When the staff at the City of King Water Treatment Plant applied for the North Carolina Area-Wide Optimization Program Award, they never...
