Education and Training

As a trainer for the Ministry of the Environment’s mandatory certification renewal courses, the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) in Toronto developed...

Fifth-graders in Springfield, Ore., are the youngest allowed to tour the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission wastewater treatment plant, but Rachael Chilton says...

People/AwardsThe City of Elgin, Ill., will rename its water treatment plant after Leo Nelson, former city manager who led the charge for...

When it comes to keeping its publics informed, the Goleta (Calif.) Sanitary District doesn’t stand still. Its staff each year grabs an...

About 740 photovoltaic panels are being installed at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant in Howard County, Md. – but the reason...

The words “public education” bring to mind quite a few standard approaches, including PowerPoint presentations, brochures and fact sheets. But that doesn’t...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it recently awarded the State of California $174 million in federal funding to invest...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded over $30 million as part of a yearly program that provides grants to Guam, the...

What is treatment plant effluent good for? Replenishing groundwater. Irrigating lawns and landscapes. And now, making snow for ski trails.The Morning Call...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded over $30 million as part of a yearly program that provides grants to Guam, the...

The Water Partners of Tacoma, Wash., hosted its 2nd annual Wellspring Conference in October, at the University of Washington-Tacoma. Speakers and attendees...

People/AwardsFour King County wastewater treatment plants in King County, Wash., earned 2012 Peak Performance Awards from the National Association of Clean Water...

I have this dream often — I am told it’s common. I wake up in my college dorm room. It’s final exam...

When operators are asked to define pH, many struggle to describe what it is and how it is measured. Let’s look at...

PEOPLE/AWARDSDoug Brooks of Kentucky American Water received the 2013 Operator Meritorious Award from the Kentucky/Tennessee Section AWWA. Brooks is chief operator of...

We often see firefighters involved in charity events. Why not clean-water operators? Here’s an activity many clean-water plant could replicate.The Northwest Herald...

The American Water Works Association released a new cost-impact assessment for an anticipated perchlorate regulation that is currently pending at the U.S....