Education and Training

"Imade up a dance for the water cycle," says Aura Lindstrand. Boris Krizek jokingly adds: "I don't do the dance!" It's part of...

The U.S. EPA announced $1.5 million in grants to three universities to develop sustainable drinking water treatment methods. The research grants are...

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association will sponsor a 10-week program entitled “Water Distribution System Operation and Maintenance and...

Imagine showing up at your treatment plant in the morning and finding your process completely out of kilter. It's no...

Making an impression on the youth in Greeley, Colo., has been easy for industrial pretreatment specialist Eddie Treviño. "I told my five-year-old granddaughter...

Plant operators are integral to the education program at Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) in Rhode Island on multiple levels — and one...

People/Awards Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.’s United Taconite Mine received the Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The award...

When the former Greater Jacksonville (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Facility became unusable, the city took “makeover” to the extreme and turned its infrastructure...

People/Awards The City of Mayer was awarded a Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award-Certificate of Commendation by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Arthur Franks with...

Visitors to the Loxahatchee River Center don’t just learn about the river — they can see, touch and feel it. A Touch...

Wastewater operator training often consists of stand-alone courses designed solely to impart the basic knowledge and skills needed to pass a state...

People/Awards The City of New Port Richey (Fla.) Wastewater Treatment Facility received the Department of Environmental Protection’s Domestic Wastewater Plant Operations Excellence Award. The...

Small water systems are not without support resources. Organizations like state Rural Water Associations and the AWWA (especially its state sections) are...

The small Town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., is tucked between mountain ranges in uranium-rich land, posing water quality problems that are energy-intensive...

After a survey showed that fewer than half of Mesa Consolidated Water District’s customers knew the independent utility was their water provider,...

Working together is nothing new for the Wastewater Treatment Agencies of Marin County, Calif. Central Marin Sanitation Agency coordinates education programs for itself...

Jim Pynn never dreamed a single email about a tour of his treatment plant would lead to publicity across the nation and...