Inside the January 2013 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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Growing as Partners
Cover Story
St. Charles operators meet the challenges of two major plant upgrades designed to meet population growth demands and protect two famous rivers.
Worth Noting - January 2013
Worth Noting
Cleaning Water and Caring for Reptiles
Visitors
Back From the Grave
Top Performer - Plant
Paris Utility District transforms an old treatment plant that had closed into a state-of-the-art facility with innovations including effluent heat recovery.
A Sparkling Legacy
Top Performer - Operator
New York’s Steve Askew takes pride in his plant, in his team’s performance, and in the changes wastewater treatment has helped bring to the city’s waterways.
Projects & Awards
Projects & Awards
Unraveling the Mystery
Tech Talk
Here’s why it’s important to understand oxidation-reduction potential — and why an ORP meter can be a potent item in an operator’s toolkit.
Product News - January 2013
Product News
Headworks Package Provides Complete Screening and Grit Removal
Product Spotlight
Process Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis
Product Focus
In the Swim
Plantscapes
A Kentucky community turns its old treatment plant into an aquaculture facility in a partnership with a university and a private company.
We Can’t Afford What?
Let's Be Clear
A report shows that utility leaders worry about future funding for water and wastewater systems. On this issue, our society needs to grow up and get with it.
Industry News - January 2013
Industry News
New Paradigms for Energy
In My Words
A WERF research project looks beyond energy efficiency, aiming to begin identifying pathways to energy self-sufficiency for clean-water plants.
Drop-In Deliverance
How We Do It
A new mixer and reactor save on energy and chemicals at a wastewater treatment lagoon in Indiana.
Gone, But Not Forgotten
Hearts and Minds
A book and lobby exhibit lets employees and the public experience the history of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver.
Better Recipe
Greening the Plant
A new chemical treatment process helps a Florida plant produce Class A biosolids at significantly lower energy and overall operating costs.
Process Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis
Case Study
Originally in Water System Operator
Making Great Music
Cover Story
Joe Geary and his team at Lawrence, Mass., met the challenges of a new treatment plant with cross-training, teamwork and consistent ingenuity.
Product News - January 2013
Product News
Worth Noting - January 2013
Worth Noting
Just For Grown-Ups
Winning Them Over
An online Water School helps the Brazos River Authority educate adults about the importance of water quality and conservation.
A Truly Bad Actor
Tech Talk
Hexavalent chromium is known for its negative health and environmental impacts and its extreme toxicity. U.S. EPA rulemaking for this metal is under way.
Fluoridation: A Better Way?
Technology Deep Dive
New skid-mounted fluoride saturator and feed system eliminates solids carryover into pumps, helping to reduce maintenance and downtime.
Watershed Guardians
Sustainable Practice
A rigorous water source protection program allows Syracuse to avoid filtration and save millions of dollars annually.
Source Correction
Quality Leaders - Plant
Impairment to the watershed that supplies the Bellingham Water Treatment Plant challenges the county, the city and plant operators in delivering high-quality water.
One of a kind
Quality Leaders - Plant
A major upgrade that included a rapid clarification process new to Ohio allowed Steubenville plant operators to prove their mettle.
Projects & Awards
Projects & Awards
Potable Tank Mixers Provide Low-Cost Solution
Product Spotlight
Treatment and Filtration
Product Focus
Higher Frequency — and a New Channel
On Tap
Responding to readers’ warm welcome, WSO upgrades to a monthly publication. We’re also offering exclusive online articles with information to help you excel.
Industry news - January 2013
Industry News
Treatment and Filtration
Case Studies
An Adsorbing Story
Bright Ideas
Granular activated carbon helps a California water district increase treatment flexibility, resolve seasonal taste and odor issues, and comply with Stage 2 DBPR.