Editor’s Note: During February 2015, operator Jeff Kalmes had the opportunity to take his wastewater skills to Bermuda where he worked as...
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Ohio Operator Brings Heart to Management Style
Caring. Karen Hawkins and co-workers use that word a lot. As superintendent of Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, Hawkins has made concern for employees...
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Spring Creek Plant Finds Efficiency With SCADA
The Springfield (Illinois) Metro Sanitary District was formed in 1924 to address the challenges of a growing community where raw sewage flowed...
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Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Tackles Turbidity, Disinfection
Bigger isn’t always better, unless you’re the Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant.This 80 mgd facility in Birmingham, the largest water plant in...
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Ozone Testing Kit Using Indigo Method Eliminates Need To Measure Reagent Volume
The Ozone Vacu-vials Kit from CHEMetrics enables water producers to test for residual ozone following the disinfection process using the Indigo method.Commonly...
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Water-Quality Canaries: Using Mussels to Detect Contaminants
In an era of increasingly sophisticated technology, two treatment plants on the Mississippi River are experimenting with what might be the original...
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News Briefs: Algae Blooms Cause Trouble in West Virginia
West Virginia American Water announced a contingency plan for its Huntington water treatment plant this week in response to an algae bloom...
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AllMax Software
AllMax Software combines software and service offerings to provide operations and maintenance solutions that make data management and reporting tasks easier and...
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Digital Data Collection Helps Cut Out The Paper
Every day the team that operates and maintains the 330 mgd Union Park pump station in South Boston, Massachusetts, uses mobile technology...
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Biogas and Solar Drive Hill Canyon Wastewater Plant
Since mid-September 2014, all electricity at the Hill Canyon Wastewater Treatment Plant has come from on-site sources. With about 1 MW of...
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This Top Water Operator Knows How to Mentor
Operations changed dramat- ically the day high-pressure water flowed into the lives of Michael Ramsey and his seven operators at the Water...
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Digital Technology
Water department uses durable ammonia flow control for monochloramine productionProblem: The Jefferson Parish (Louisiana) Water Department provides 60 mgd of drinking water...
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Ammonia monitor provides continuous chemical feedback
The Q46N monitor from Analytical Technology Inc. (ATI) continuously measures free ammonia, total ammonia and monochloramine in potable water. Designed for monitoring...
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Hydraulically balanced diaphragm pump designed for long life
The mROY series of metering pumps from Milton Roy is the little pump that can. Featuring a design life of 20 years,...
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Sampler controller provides single-screen programming, USB transfer capability
The AS950 sampler controller from Hach Company features a full-color, 2 1/2- by 3-inch display for intuitive, single-screen programming, USB drive compatibility,...
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A Formal System Serves Well for a High-Quality Beneficial Use Program
Being small is no reason to cut corners. That’s a reason the Mechanic Falls (Maine) Sanitary District has a formal biosolids management...
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American Water, IOSight Partner to Design Smart Water Management System
American Water, the nation’s largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility company, and IOSight, Ltd., announced a partnership to design and implement a smart...