Editorial Articles

Plant utilizes efficient mixing technology Problem: The 4 mgd activated sludge wastewater treatment plant in Albion, Michigan, has two parallel trains that make...

Accurately measuring flow rate is paramount to keeping a water treatment plant running normal. While electronic measurement devices come in many different...

No matter how efficiently your headworks system can screen and remove solids, there’s still the matter of dealing with the solids once...

Barbara Jackson, Vernia Hawthorne and Jewel Minor entered the wastewater profession from different areas, but they had one thing in common: determination...

They don’t hire licensed operators when there’s an opening at the Island Water Treatment Plant in Sanibel, Florida. “We take new people and...

Chris Patterson is right where he’s meant to be: gas, water and wastewater manager for the city of Jacksonville, Alabama. His job is...

The Fort Worth, Texas, Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility is big — it is rated at 166 mgd. So to be meaningful, an...

Co-digestion of food waste with wastewater residuals holds substantial promise as a way to increase renewable energy, reduce costs and create environmental...

By their nature, wastewater treatment plants that service coastal communities are vulnerable to storm surges and floods. The town of Hull, Massachusetts, on...

Making a formerly invisible wastewater treatment operation highly visible is an unspoken theme of construction projects at Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew).  ...

We all know it: The industry needs bright, young operators to replace those retiring. Approaches to recruitment are many: internships, apprenticeships, military...

Proper mixing is a key to high-quality wastewater treatment and consistent permit compliance. Mixers of different designs deployed in aeration basins, sludge storage...

Filling the void created by retiring water professionals is a nationwide challenge. So is the question of how to expose young people...

Think of the Harvest-Monrovia (Alabama) Water and Sewer Authority infrastructure as a big wheel. The Burwell Road and Jeff Road wastewater treatment plants...

Now and then a Treatment Plant Operator reader calls or writes to say we printed a picture that shows someone working in...

WASTEWATER Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria perform what function in the activated sludge process? A. They are responsible for denitrification. B. They are required for restoring...