April 2011 Issue of TPO

Mike Turley’s vision helps the Village of New Lenox (Ill.) prepare for the future and keep treatment plant personnel engaged and on board

An Illinois village makes sure its wastewater treatment capacity keeps pace with development in a fast-growing suburban community

A small Wisconsin village installs a pair of wind turbines at its treatment plant that could make electricity a source of revenue, rather than an expense

Warwick Sewer Authority gets school kids involved in the never-ending war on FOG in the sewer system

An IFAS process helps a Colorado Sanitation District meet the challenge of a tougher permit limit on effluent ammonia

A minimum-security prison’s treatment plant sends clean water to the environment and better people back into society

Backman Appointed Managing Director for Vacon Canada; Calgon Carbon’s Ohio Plant Receives NSF Certification; Teledyne Tekmar Forms Water Quality Group; New Orleans Named Winner of Nash Oldest Pump Contest; Select WAGO Terminal Blocks Earn SCCR Rating; Alfa Laval Names Atanasio President and CEO; Gutierrez Joins EOSi as VP of Sales and Marketing; Vacuum Truck Rentals Names Gaff VP Sales and Marketing; Synagro Acquires HyPex Centrifuge Repair Service; Consortium Seeks U.S. Businesses for Global Projects Database

Will your treatment plant mark April 22 with any sort of public commemoration? Let us share your event with our readers.

City of Geneva (Ill.) staff members team up to restore a pond at the wastewater treatment plant originally established in 1933

Featured products of April

JetMix hydraulic mixing system from Siemens Water Technologies

A Missouri plant knocks down energy consumption and costs with aeration improvements including variable-frequency drives and SCADA control

Share Your Idea Tips and Tricks is an occasional feature of TPO in which wastewater operators tell how they took innovative measures to solve problems.

A Class A biosolids process keeps Stewartstown (Pa.) operations simple — and keeps area farmers coming back for more

People/Awards; Education; Calendar of Events