WASTEWATERThe plant effluent coliform count fails to meet required standards for disinfection. The chlorine residual is normal. Inspection of the disinfectant supplies...
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Predicting equipment failure
Equipment failure at a water treatment plant often leads to big costs, not to mention stress on the operations staff.Nidec Motor’s FORECYTE...
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A modular grinding solution
Because today’s waste streams are filled with wipes and other stringy solids, strong grinders are an essential part of most treatment plant...
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Worth Noting - January 2017
People/AwardsFor the ninth straight year, the city of Forks (Washington) Wastewater Treatment Plant received an Outstanding Performance Award from the Washington State...
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West Virginia Watershed Helps Mold Water Ambassadors
The Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is a small piece of man-made nature in an urban jungle, but its impact is anything but...
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How Ordinary Attention to Detail Wins Awards
As a teenager working at the Marshall Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant, Rick Bailey got a lesson about quality work.“My boss was Harold...
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Experience, Hard Work Are Keys to Success for Superintendent Tony Wood
Twenty-five years ago, Tony Wood’s life made a right-angle turn: He got married and within a month became the chief operator of...
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Success Is About Technology — And the People Who Make It Work
There was supposed to be a three-month window. It didn’t materialize.Instead, the old water filtration plant in Hendersonville, Tennessee, closed at 10:09...
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Water Quality Analyst Finds Success Meeting Challenges Head-On
When the largest wastewater treatment facility in Alaska switched from chlorine gas disinfection to sodium hypochlorite, Andrew Johnson faced a challenge. He...
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Get More Life and Better Performance From Your Blowers
For the past decade, high-speed turbo blowers have helped many wastewater treatment facilities significantly increase aeration efficiency and drive down energy costs.At...
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Turning Open Plant Property Into Renewable Energy on the Cheap
The solar power system at the Silver City Wastewater Treatment Plant is not exactly what town officials first envisioned. For one thing,...
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See How This Plant Solved Its Short-Term Staffing Problem
Everything was running smoothly at the Menlo Park (California) Municipal Water District. Then, the chief operator and water system supervisor left for...
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Ordinary Treatment Plant Tank Becomes Focal Point of Community
It took nearly 1,000 gallons of light beige paint to spruce up the 7.5-million-gallon reservoir at the South Water Treatment Plant in...
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Why Data Reliability Is Crucial for Treatment Plant Operations
In years past, operators ran water and wastewater treatment plants based largely on experience, intuition, manual measurements, sights, sounds and smells.
Today, data...
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This Is a Step Up for Standby Generators
Diesel standby generator sets are basic equipment in water and wastewater treatment plants. They’re designed to start immediately, ramp up quickly to...
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Here's the Secret to Success in Water and Wastewater
"Now some people say that you shouldn’t tempt fate, and for them, I cannot disagree.But I never learned nothin’ from playin’ it...
