January 2009 Issue of TPO

The staff at the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County wins praise for quick thinking, innovative ideas and consistent high-quality results.

Treatment Plant Operator provides a forum for wastewater professionals to celebrate successes, share best practices, and improve the craft.

Product designed to reduce valve wear by about 80 percent and provide long periods of reliable, continuous operation.

Everything happening in the industry can be found right here.

An experienced and committed staff is key to multiple-award-winning performance at the Wright Smith Jr. treatment plant in Mobile, Ala.

In running an EPA award-winning small treatment plant on the Mississippi River, operator Todd Lakey relies on art and experience as much as science.

Quality operations backed by sharp marketing make a Class A pelletized biosolids product a big success for the Ocean County (N.J.) Utilities Authority.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities joins with its state wildlife federation in a wildlife habitat project at the Irwin Creek treatment plant.

An Ontario treatment plant adopts a biomass balance strategy, using lab centrifuges to deliver accurate data for quick, informed decisions.

The Gresham (Ore.) Wastewater Treatment Plant looks to combined heat and power, solar energy and even small-scale hydropower for energy savings.

Manufacturers offer a variety of equipment and consumables that increase treatment efficiency and support effective permit compliance.

Notable achievements and other news from around the industry.

An NEWEA committee focuses on helping municipal treatment plant operating staffs become more effective stewards of electricity and fuel.