October 2011 Issue of TPO

Safety is serious business at the Leominster wastewater treatment plant, recipient of the Water Environment Federation’s George W. Burke Jr. Award

New-style turbo blowers allow a New York treatment plant to save money for ratepayers and fund collection system improvements

Students in a Washington community learn about the treatment process step by step to the “Sewage Shimmy”

A mixer replacement project saves on energy and chemicals at a water reclamation plant in Nevada

A portable aeration system provides immediate and long-term energy savings for an Alabama city’s treatment pond

Proven techniques borrowed from the manufacturing sector can help wastewater operations improve quality and efficiency

Gorman-Rupp Names Knudsen Eastern District Manager-Engineered Systems; Moyno Offers Max-Flow Annihilator Brochure; Weir Power Names Arnold President; Industrial Scientific Introduces Interactive ‘Ask Dave’ Blog; Meltric Releases 2011-2012 Catalog; Singer Valve Names Caudle Account Sales Manager; PureLine Names Lienau Eastern Midwest Account Manager; Synagro Acquires Drilling Solutions; Enduro Composites Acquires Bay Products; ABB Releases Brochure on Paperless Data Recorders; Hach Revises Product Website; Leonard Engineered Products Named NETZSCH Pumps Distributor; Layne Christensen Opens Center of Excellence

Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) can be a valuable tool for seeing what is happening in unit processes like anoxic and anaerobic tanks

Resist the temptation to write off tools like Lean and Six Sigma as fads. They are valuable methodologies with potential to help the wastewater profession.

Featured new products.

Sonic-Pro S3c flowmeter from Blue-White Industries

Treatment challenges during Mount Carmel Wastewater Treatment plant upgrades from contactstabilization to tertiary ICEAS SBR treatment

Lessons from his father helped Tony Foster shape up a small lagoon treatment plant in a central Illinois community

The Manchester (Wash.) treatment plant has won the state Department of Ecology outstanding performance award for a record 15 straight years

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