Working at water and wastewater plants can be dangerous, with hazards such as slippery walkways, dangerous gases and noisy, malfunctioning equipment. Workers...
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The Fire Chief Project: You Called Me What?
People in the clean-water profession are largely called operators, and they wear the title with pride. But does that term do you...
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The Fire Chief Project: A Missouri city holds its own “palooza”
You’ve heard of Garden Palooza? Pet Palooza? Rock Palooza? All kinds of “paloozas”? They’re events held to celebrate some area of interest...
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The Fire Chief Project: Where’s your education center?
The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation recently cut the ribbon on a new education center at its 300 mgd Hyperion Wastewater Treatment...
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WEFTEC Giveaway: Hach Real-Time Control Sludge System
Hach Company is searching for one U.S. wastewater facility to partner with and give a complete Real-Time Control Sludge Thickening System (RTC-ST)...
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The Fire Chief project: Water Is Valuable. So Are You.
If you want to attain the status of the fire chief, your public needs to believe you’re as valuable as the fire...
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Flushable Products: Silent Killer of the Utility’s Budget and Reputation
Protecting your collection and treatment works from sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and blockages has become more difficult over the last few years....
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Overcoming Barriers to Water Innovation
Taking an existing process and doing it better is nothing new; in fact, you could argue that this is the defining characteristic...
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The Fire Chief Project: About those awards
Almost every week we read about this clean-water plant, or that clean-water agency, or that clean-water operator, winning an award from a...
Editorial
Worth Noting - October 2013
people/awardsRick Stautz retired as director of public works for the City of Shawano (Wis.) after 30 years with the city (25 years...
Editorial
Building a Bridge
Imagine you’re in charge of hiring a new operator for your clean-water plant. Your choice comes down to two applicants. Both have...
Editorial
The Pen Is Mighty
Many clean-water operators prefer to keep a low profile: I do my job, I do it well, that’s enough, I don’t need...
Editorial
The Team Treatment
Teamwork was the byword last year as wastewater operators, a sixth grade science class and a college student came together to create...
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Worth Noting - September 2013
PEOPLE/AWARDSThe City of Manassas (Va.) Public Works and Utilities Department received the 2012 Excellence in Water Treatment Plant Performance award from the...
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Third Edition of Flushablity Guidelines Now Available
EDANA and INDA, the two global associations of the nonwovens industries announced today the full release of a new third edition of...
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How To Take Advantage of Infographics
Are you looking for a way to get a message to the public about your utility? Or about the services you provide?Don’t...
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The Fire Chief Project: How does your stature affect your pay?
The Fire Chief Project is about elevating clean-water operators to the stature of the fire chief, in part so that people understand...