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...
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News Briefs: Reporters Claim Unsafe Washington Treatment Plant Ruined Man's Life
After being exposed for seven years to toxins at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s wastewater treatment plant, Tim Combs of Bremerton, Washington,...
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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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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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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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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATERThe use of which substance can be very effective for removing soluble organic contaminants if used in conjunction with coagulation, sedimentation, filtration...
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Worth Noting - December 2017
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...
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News Briefs: Animal Control Rescues Deer From Water Treatment Tank
Animal control workers in Cobb County. Georgia, rescued a deer that fell into a water treatment tank at the R.L. Sutton Wastewater...
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Exam Study Guide: Falling Chlorine Residuals; and Total Trihalomethane Formation
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...
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Operations Challenge Winners Announced
Two teams from Texas clinched first place in their respective divisions during the 30th annual Operations Challenge competition. Team TRA CReWSers won...
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News Briefs: City Shuts Off Water Service to Mayor's House for Nonpayment
The Santa Fe Water Division recently shut off service to the home of its own mayor, Javier Gonzales, for failing to pay...
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WEF Announces New Board of Trustees
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is has announced its 2017-2018 board of trustees as confirmed by WEF’s House of Delegates during WEFTEC...
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News Briefs: Lawsuit Accuses Companies of Inflating Price of Aluminum Sulfate
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission — Maryland’s largest water utility — recently filed a federal lawsuit accusing eight companies and five executives of...
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Water & Wastewater Education Listing: October 2017
There will be a Waste-to-Energy workshop at West Chester University in Pennsylvania Dec. 1 at 10 am. It will focus on the...
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Giving Water Professionals the Recognition They Deserve
When you work in water and wastewater, no news is typically good news. If the people you serve aren’t thinking about what...
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This Wisconsin Lab Tech Has the Formula for Excellence
When auditor Brandy Baker-Munich of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) first saw the difficulties the city of Eagle River had...
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More Than 170 Species of Bird Visit This Wastewater Plant
Of four wastewater treatment facilities operated by Indian River County Utilities, the 6 mgd (design) West Regional Wastewater Facility is the most...












