It’s hard finding young people who gravitate toward careers in water and wastewater. It’s harder when many lack interest and proficiency in...
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Shortage of Students in STEM Education? Here Are Some Reasons Why.
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
Which type of filter is used to reduce the organic loading on downstream biological processes?
A. Tertiary filter
B. Vacuum filter
C. Traveling bridge rapid...
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Worth Noting - May 2018
People/Awards
The city of Rocky Mount Tar River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant received the 2017 Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award for the Eastern...
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Inject at high pressure
At the well sites of many smaller water treatment plants, operators often need to inject disinfection chemicals into waterlines at high pressures....
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Enhanced Performance Management
It can be easy to get bogged down trying to decide what data is needed to determine optimum efficiency in your plant....
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Best Face Forward
The Washington city of Edmonds has transformed its wastewater treatment facility with a summer-long project to repair, clean and seal a decorative...
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Starting Them Young: Water Festival Sparks Kids' Interest in Careers
Staff members for the Niagara Children’s Water Festival have seen a change in the third- and fourth-grade participants over the years: They...
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An Oregon City Saves $55 Million With a Natural Approach to Wastewater Treatment
Faced with borrowing $62 million for a new wastewater treatment plant, the city of Prineville, Oregon, wanted an alternative.
Community leaders found it...
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James Dean Constantly Infuses Team Members With a Passion for Continuous Improvement
James Dean may be the Mr. Efficiency of wastewater treatment. As manager of wastewater treatment facilities for North Baldwin Utilities in Bay...
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Teamwork and Automation Driver Award-Winning Performance in a Pennsylvania Water Plant
It’s a big achievement for a water treatment plant to earning the Partnership for Safe Water Phase III Directors Award. It’s even...
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A $58 Million Plant Upgrade Sets Kankakee Operators Up for Success
If there’s a great before and after story
in municipal wastewater treatment, it could be Kankakee, Illinois.
Before 2010, the Kankakee River Metropolitan...
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How to Maximize On-Site Energy: Save It and Also Produce It
Some clean-water plants become more sustainable by saving energy; others by producing their own. The South County Regional Wastewater Authority in California...
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Testing Reveals an Alternative Disinfectant That Prevents Formation of DBPs
The most common disinfectants for potable water, chlorine and chloramine, are increasingly criticized for their disadvantages and hazards.
Chlorine poses safety and health...
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A Georgia Clean-Water Plant Unlocks a Secret of Extending Screw Pump Life
With almost 30 years and counting of uninterrupted service from 60- and 72-inch screw pumps, operators at the Calhoun (Georgia) Wastewater Treatment...
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Clean-Water Industry Raises a Foamy Glass to Water Reuse
If you’ve been to WEFTEC recently or follow the news closely, then you know about beers made from recycled wastewater. No such...
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This Biological Process Removes Nitrogen From Wastewater Without Creating a Waste Stream
Nitrate contamination in drinking water can be a health concern, and it’s becoming more widespread in groundwater supplies nationally and around the...
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It's Not Always Just the Message That Matters. It's the Frame You Put It in.
The wrong frame can ruin a great picture. The best frame can’t save a bad picture. We know these things to be...
