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Worth Noting - March 2017
People/AwardsAdel Banoub, acting superintendent of the Woonsocket (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility won the 2016 Rhode Island Alfred E. Peloquin Award from...
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News Briefs: Operator's Accidental Keystroke Leaves 80,000 Without Water
An accidental keystroke from a plant operator left around 80,000 Orange County residents without water for more than 24 hours.According to a...
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The Battle of the Minnesota River Basin: How 41 Cities Are Challenging Regulations
A coalition of Minnesota municipalities awaits response to a letter they’ve sent to the governor and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stating...
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Pipeline H2O Announces Inaugural Class
Pipeline H2O — a new water technology commercialization program managed by The Hamilton Mill — recently announced its first class of companies.Supported...
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News Briefs: Fire Breaks Out at Michigan WWTP
A fire at Warren, Michigan’s WWTP resulted in damage to a conveyor belt and electronic controls.A power failure and subsequent switch to...
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New England's Operator Exchange Program is a Great Resource
I recently found another way to take my wastewater education beyond the classroom, which is a topic I’ve addressed before with this...
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Direct Potable Reuse is Coming, but What Does It Mean for Operators?
Communities in California and Arizona could be more drought resistant in the near future, as both states are looking at enacting regulations for...
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News Briefs: School Accused of Lead Contamination Cover-Up
Parents of students at Summit (Pennsylvania) Township Elementary School weren’t told about high levels of lead in the school’s drinking water until...
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Eagle Nesting Site With Webcam Planned at Wisconsin WWTP
There could be some happy bald eagles and even happier bird watchers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, this spring thanks to a nesting...
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Poisonous Gas Kills Three Florida Sewer Workers
Three utility workers in the Florida Keys died this week after climbing into a manhole and being overcome by hydrogen sulfide and...
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News Briefs: Water Will Be Unaffordable in Five Years for Some, Says Study
A new study from Michigan State University has concluded that more than 35 percent of the nation’s households may be unable to afford...
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See How Snowmakers Solved This Plant's Evaporation Problem
Running both reverse osmosis trains at the Hargesheimer Water Treatment Plant posed the risk of overloading the three evaporation lagoons (39.5 million...
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The Fast Track: An Operator's Journey to Wastewater Supervisor
Working 10 years for the Street Department in the Missouri city of Carrollton didn’t prepare Tammy Hamblen for her move to the...
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Pest Problems at the Plant? Check Out This Guy's Natural Solution
The air around the biosolids drying beds at the Dos Rios Water Recycling Center used to be thick with flies.They were a...
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This Treatment Plant Turned an Ugly Concrete Wall Into a City Attraction
The operators and staff of the Fayette County Water System are proud of their 2016 People’s Choice: Best of the Best Tasting...











