Education and Training

A recent fire-tank explosion at a Nash County, North Carolina, wastewater treatment plant chemical manufacturer resulted in the death of one person.Two...

A team of marine scientists, a mussel farmer and youth volunteers in New York City recently stocked a raft with ribbed mussels...

Testifying before the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Environment recently, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) highlighted successes in the water sector’s response...

After being exposed for seven years to toxins at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s wastewater treatment plant, Tim Combs of Bremerton, Washington,...

The Carvins Cove Natural Reserve is a small piece of man-made nature in an urban jungle, but its impact is anything but...

When the largest wastewater treatment facility in Alaska switched from chlorine gas disinfection to sodium hypochlorite, Andrew Johnson faced a challenge. He...

The solar power system at the Silver City Wastewater Treatment Plant is not exactly what town officials first envisioned. For one thing,...

WASTEWATERThe use of which substance can be very effective for removing soluble organic contaminants if used in conjunction with coagulation, sedimentation, filtration...

People/AwardsThe Water Environment Federation announced its 2017 WEF Fellows recipients:Eleanor Allen, Water For People, Denver. Rajendra Bhattarai, Austin (Texas) Water Utility. James Clark, Black...

Animal control workers in Cobb County. Georgia, rescued a deer that fell into a water treatment tank at the R.L. Sutton Wastewater...

Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...

Two teams from Texas clinched first place in their respective divisions during the 30th annual Operations Challenge competition. Team TRA CReWSers won...

The Santa Fe Water Division recently shut off service to the home of its own mayor, Javier Gonzales, for failing to pay...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is has announced its 2017-2018 board of trustees as confirmed by WEF’s House of Delegates during WEFTEC...

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission — Maryland’s largest water utility — recently filed a federal lawsuit accusing eight companies and five executives of...

There will be a Waste-to-Energy workshop at West Chester University in Pennsylvania Dec. 1 at 10 am. It will focus on the...

When you work in water and wastewater, no news is typically good news. If the people you serve aren’t thinking about what...