October 2010 Issue of TPO

Government incentives help a California treatment plant go green with digester-gas-driven fuel cells, a reliable source of renewable energy

The City of Philadelphia biosolids program works with a contractor to make the leap from composting to Class A pelletized material

SWM-XE Screenings Washer Monster from JWC Environmental

The staff at the Algonquin (Ill.) Wastewater Treatment Facility takes an excellent design and makes it better with ingenious thinking

Featured products of October

Executive superintendent Bill Nester dedicated his career to wastewater operation and management, and found success in hard work and a can-do attitude

A pilot study shows that an automated spray system has strong promise for controlling biological growth in UV disinfection chambers

The sign at the North Liberty Water Pollution Control Facility honors all who contributed — including the citizens who pay the bills

Here’s a word of thanks and recognition to the clean-water professionals who are retiring in large numbers. They deserve a little bit of fanfare.

A California district uses an effluent acidification process to reduce percolation pond maintenance and open opportunities for water reuse

A California utility district uses a band screen to remove bits of plastic that had been causing issues for recipients of recycled wastewater

A Colorado treatment plant uses World Water Monitoring Day to teach students and the public the importance of keeping water clean

SPX Offers Wastewater Treatment Brochure; Woodard & Curran Names Shea Senior VP; Fluid Metering Releases Product Catalog; US Peroxide Integrates Technologies Under PRI-TECH; ITT Purchases Godwin Pumps; Control Microsystems Offers Paper on Improving SCADA Operations; Merged Water Technology Companies Renamed Ovivo

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