Drinking-water treatment plants use various forms of chlorine to inactivate pathogens, oxidize metals or metalloids, and provide disinfection residual for distribution systems....
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Upgraded sodium hypochlorite generation
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There's Often Tension Between Operators and Engineers. Jeremy Cramer Helps Them Work in Concert.
On clean-water plant projects, from new construction to upgrades, there can be tension between the design engineers and plant operations teams. The...
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Some Treatment Plant Murals Are Flat. Here's One That Is Round.
“Water Is Life” is the message the Greensboro (North Carolina) Water Resources Department wanted to convey to citizens and visitors. So the...
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A New Centrifuge Technology Delivers Drier Material. That Means Lower Costs Downstream.
The biggest expense in dealing with biosolids has to do with water — specifically, separating it from the solids. The less water...
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The Water Environment Federation Gets in on the Act of Outreach With a Special Event at Its Conference
Joseph A. Craig Charter School was host for the 2018 Water Palooza educational fair, sponsored by the Water Environment Federa-
tion in...
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Paul Ray and His Team Keep an Older Plant Running Like New by Paying Close Attention to Detail
The North Cary (North Carolina) Water Reclamation Facility has been in service since 1974, but to the casual observer, it doesn’t look...
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Some Plant Operators Are Specialists. Team Members at Crystal Lake Do It All.
There’s cross-training. And on-the-job training. And hands-on training.
And then there’s around-the-horn training. That’s what they practice at the Crystal Lake (Illinois) Wastewater...
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The Craigsville Water Plant Team Pulls Together to Tackle Challenges and Steadily Improve the Process
Anyone can see the main challenge confronting the team at the Craigsville (West Virginia) Public Service District. It’s the red-tinted water that...
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Success Takes Everyone. A New Mexico Treatment Plant Shows How.
Residents of the Las Campanas subdivision
near Santa Fe, New Mexico, enjoy beautiful neighborhoods, amenities, and scenery. They also benefit from an...
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Biogas-Fueled Cogeneration Is a Great Energy Saver, Especially When It's Fine-Tuned for Maximum Output
A cogeneration project at Atlanta’s R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Plant didn’t work as well as expected — until the operators found a...
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The Right Coatings Make All the Difference in Storing and Protecting a Water Plant's Critical Equipment
“The pipes were sweating so much they looked like they had just finished running a race.”
That’s how David Van Zee, co-owner of...
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Treatment Plants Show How They Put Their Best Face Forward
The old saying is that you only get one chance to make a good first impression. Four clean-water operators responded to Treatment...
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A Year Is Ending. A New One Awaits. What Did You Learn? What Will You Do Different?
‘‘Yesterday it was my birthday. I hung one more year on the line.
I should be depressed. My life’s a mess. But I’m...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
By: Rick Lallish
It is generally accepted that the sludge blanket depth in secondary clarifiers should not exceed 2 feet (0.6 meters)....
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Treatment and Filtration
Packaged plant provides turnkey solution for private utility company
Problem:Windy Hill Utility is an investor-owned water and wastewater utility provider in Hays County, Texas,...
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Worth Noting - December 2018
People/Awards
The Lincoln County Sanitation District received the 2018 H2O Award for outstanding wastewater project from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. The project involves...
