January 2013 Issue of TPO

Joe Geary and his team at Lawrence, Mass., met the challenges of a new treatment plant with cross-training, teamwork and consistent ingenuity.

An online Water School helps the Brazos River Authority educate adults about the importance of water quality and conservation.

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.

New skid-mounted fluoride saturator and feed system eliminates solids carryover into pumps, helping to reduce maintenance and downtime.

A rigorous water source protection program allows Syracuse to avoid filtration and save millions of dollars annually.

Impairment to the watershed that supplies the Bellingham Water Treatment Plant challenges the county, the city and plant operators in delivering high-quality water.

A major upgrade that included a rapid clarification process new to Ohio allowed Steubenville plant operators to prove their mettle.

Responding to readers’ warm welcome, WSO upgrades to a monthly publication. We’re also offering exclusive online articles with information to help you excel.

Granular activated carbon helps a California water district increase treatment flexibility, resolve seasonal taste and odor issues, and comply with Stage 2 DBPR.

St. Charles operators meet the challenges of two major plant upgrades designed to meet population growth demands and protect two famous rivers.

Paris Utility District transforms an old treatment plant that had closed into a state-of-the-art facility with innovations including effluent heat recovery.

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.

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.

A Kentucky community turns its old treatment plant into an aquaculture facility in a partnership with a university and a private company.

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.

A WERF research project looks beyond energy efficiency, aiming to begin identifying pathways to energy self-sufficiency for clean-water plants.

A new mixer and reactor save on energy and chemicals at a wastewater treatment lagoon in Indiana.

A book and lobby exhibit lets employees and the public experience the history of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver.

A new chemical treatment process helps a Florida plant produce Class A biosolids at significantly lower energy and overall operating costs.