Most staff members at the Nathaniel “Ned” Ruff Water Treatment Facility in East Chicago (Ind.) had spent 20 or more years working...
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Making the Most of It
When superintendent Alan Cranford looks out at his upgraded 20 mgd Stones River Water Treatment Plant in Murfreesboro, Tenn., he may be...
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Expanding for Quality
The upgraded Norwood-Oeffler Water Treatment Plant in North Miami Beach, Fla., is unique in many ways. It is the first in the...
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Turbines Stand Tall
The small Town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., is tucked between mountain ranges in uranium-rich land, posing water quality problems that are energy-intensive...
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Worth the Effort
Working through grant and energy rebate programs can get complicated and a bit frustrating. But it’s worth the effort, says Larry Pardee,...
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Control Monitor Protects Against Blower Failure
Com-paK Plus rotary-lobe blower packages from Kaeser Compressors convey powder or granular bulk solids with pressure or vacuum and provide wastewater tank...
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It's a Business
On more than one occasion, the taxpayers and sewer usersin Allenstown and Pembroke, N.H., have been able to keep money in their...
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Get ‘Em Early, Train ‘Em Right
Bryne Ewan was just 16 years old. Keith Browne says it saved his life. For Francisco Franco Villa, English was a second...
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Repair or Rethink?
When the Moundsville (W.Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant experienced a blower failure, the staff naturally assumed they should repair the failed unit to...
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Letting Bubbles Do the Mixing
The U.S. EPA report, Evaluation of Energy Conservation Measures for Wastewater Treatment Facilities, provides performance and cost/benefit information to encourage energy conservation...
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All Hands on Deck
If you’re faced with running a sophisticated treatment plant, it helps if you have your operators involved in the design. That was...
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Pressure Drop
The first-pass feed pressure on the desalination membranes at the 139,000 gpd Cayman Brac salt water reverse osmosis (RO) plant in the...
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Right At Home
Paul Rivett knows that when the phone rings, he’ll be heading out to handle whatever problem has developed in the water system...
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Making the Best of It
The 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant in Phoenix, Ariz., has a simple mission: meet permits; reduce chemical, energy, and biosolids costs; automate...
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Polished to Perfection
The three-cell, 6-acre aerated lagoon at the Remsen (Iowa) Wastewater Treatment Plant could not meet new ammonia permit levels of less than...
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Grit Removal System Adds Simplicity and Efficiency
The Mectan V induced vortex grit removal system from John Meunier, Inc., a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company, is engineered to...