Treatment

At Mount Vernon, Ind., the raw water intake pipe was held together with (literally) bubble gum and duct tape, the filtration backwash...

The Red River is best known for periodic floods that afflict North Dakota, most notably around Grand Forks. Much farther south, in...

From placing first in the national Top Ops competition four times since 2006, to implementing a water recovery program, the Palm Coast...

Producing a reliable supply of clean, safe water was not enough for the City of Rockville (Md.) Water Treatment Plant. The city...

Formulation consumes organic solids Problem Biosolids buildup in the anaerobic lagoons at the Mount Olive (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Plant was lowering storage capacity. Solution Operators removed...

Concentrations of hydrogen sulfide at the headworks of the Rancocas Road Treatment Facility in Mount Holly, N.J., reached 100 parts per million...

Two parameters The Thermo Scientific Orion benchtop pH/conductivity multiparameter meter from Environmental Express displays two parameters plus temperature at once and provides measurements...

The ScrewpactorHD heavy-duty shafted spiral conveyor/compactor from Headworks can bust, crush and tear up materials such as fired clay brick, blocks of...

When Kathy Cooper moved to Rochelle, Ill., she had to make a career change: She was a medical technologist, but there were...

Wastewater professionals go by many titles: plant manager, chief operator, environmental coordinator. But “bug farmer”? That’s how Tom Pfiester, wastewater division manager of...

How do operators work after winningconsecutive safety and plant awards from their peers? Harder than they did before, according to Linda Barrier,...

Rotary lobe compressor cuts costs Problem Personnel at the Town of Huntington (N.Y.) Wastewater Treatment Plant were troubled by the energy requirements of three...

The Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency in Big Bear City, Calif., generated 5,800 tons of Class B biosolids per year. The...

Every month, operators at the West Jackson County Regional Land Treatment Facility in Ocean Springs, Miss., launched a boat into the 20-acre...

Electric boiler The Acme-Slim electric hot water boiler from Acme Engineering Products offers the precise amount of kilowatts for reduced demand. With minor...

Wastequip Introduces Compactor The Super Energy Efficient, 4-yard, self-contained compactor from Wastequip holds up to 24 bags of trash. Powered by the Super...

When Bob Moore was hired in 2006 as lead operator at the South Coastal Regional Wastewater Facility in Delaware, the first thing...