The City of Lincoln’s Theresa Street Wastewater Treatment Plant has used its effluent for heating, cooling and process water for decades. Now...
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A Citizens’ Committee Helps Architects And Engineers Design A Water Treatment Plant
The City of Yankton’s 1929 water treatment plant had reached the end of its life. A new collector well and water treatment...
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Water Operator Brian Bishop Takes No Shortcuts In Serving His Vermont Community
If there’s one word that describes Brian Bishop it’s “serious.” Ask his boss, his mentor or the engineers who worked with him on...
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A Settling Process Using Magnetite Ballast Helps A Massachusetts Plant Meet Strict Phosphorus Limits
From April through October (in-season), effluent from the Billerica (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment Plant averaged 0.80 mg/L total phosphorus. From November through March...
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Efficient Pumps And VFDs Bring Fast Payback On A Rhode Island Plant Upgrade
Easing the ratepayers’ burden and shrinking the carbon footprint were the twin objectives of the Cumberland Water Department’s modernization and upgrade of...
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Treatment With Trees
Trees, trees and more trees proved to be a natural solution for meeting tightened effluent ammonia limits at the City of Woodburn...
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Ace Troubleshooter
For Gary Hanson, wastewater is more than flows, lift stations and chemicals. Over the last 38 years, it has been his life’s...
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People Person
You need a water meter installed, a main fixed, an angry customer soothed. Who do you call? If you’re the Utilities Services...
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Tricks of the Trade
In today’s economic climate, generating new revenue is a challenge for almost any municipality. Upgrades, repairs and new infrastructure are continuous needs,...
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Industry News - January 2014
Franklin Electric Relocates HeadquartersFranklin Electric relocated to its new World Headquarters and Engineering Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. The 118,800-square-foot facility houses...
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Conserving in a Land of Plenty
In a corner of Oregon where water supplies are bountiful, the Medford Water Commission faced a challenge in promoting conservation. With a...
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Simple Technology, Big Breakthrough
Nitrogen from wastewater treatment plants isn’t a threat to human health, but it can reduce oxygen levels in water bodies and promote...
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All-Around Performer
If Rich Hunt were to emulate a doctor and frame his diplomas for display on a wall, he would need a pretty...
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CH2M HILL Water Experts Named AWWA Fuller Award Winners
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, announced that Lawrence Benjamin, Brad Phelps and Tom Walters were recognized...
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CH2M HILL Partners on $80 Million Contract for Biosolids Upgrades in San Francisco
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, as part of a team with Brown and Caldwell, has been...
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Worth Noting - August 2013
people/awardsTom Schultz, director of the Mechanic Falls (Maine) Wastewater Treatment Plant, retired after nearly 42 years in the field.
The City of Willis...
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We Can’t Afford What?
Reports on aging infrastructure come out every so often, a few of them each year it seems, from different entities.
The latest Report...










