May 2013 Issue of TPO

A rural Kentucky plant meets weather, staffing and quality challenges on the way to winning its AWWA section’s Award of Excellence for 2012.

Albuquerque water authority finds that a $20 incentive boosts attendance for a class in outdoor water conservation and helps cut water consumption.

Crossfire UV disinfection technology provides cost-effective treatment with self-cleaning capability for smaller-scale drinking water systems.

Taste and odor are the most common sources of drinking water complaints. Here’s a look at the variety of methods available for effective treatment.

The St. Peters water treatment plant reduced energy usage by 12 percent by upgrading to more efficient motors and variable-frequency drives.

Operators at the Dalton Utilities Mill Creek plant met challenges presented by the state’s first submerged membrane plant, winning numerous awards in the process.

It has been a long time since a team member was injured at the E.H. Aldrich Station Water Treatment Facility. A pervasive safety culture is a primary reason.

Few things are more mundane than obsessing over the details of safe work practices. And that’s exactly why obsessing is so important.

An upgraded SCADA system helps Northern Rockies Regional Municipality provide reliable and efficient services for residential and industrial water users.

FOG and radically different winter and tourist season flows make life challenging for the crew at the New Shoreham (R.I.) WPCF.

While putting plant operations first, team members at a Tennessee treatment plant teach themselves how to apply biosolids and produce a crop.

Lessons from wastewater treatment plants overseas point the way toward energy self-sufficiency for facilities in North America.

A treatment wetland system will enhance water quality around the Oregon community of Forest Grove, while expanding opportunities for birders and nature observers.

The challenge of dealing with retirements isn’t just replacing experienced people. It’s also somehow retaining the knowledge they carry with them.

The Lab Detective helps an SBR plant’s lead operator figure out why the system is struggling with nitrification and devises a remedy.

Steven Hardeman believes newly appointed supervisors shouldn’t have to learn leadership skills through the school of hard knocks — he considers training essential.

A data collection application at a Colorado plant guides operators through tasks in the field and records best practices and standard operating procedures.

Plant contractors take community members to a neighboring facility to show them the benefits a wastewater treatment plant can have on their town.

Freeport Sewer District keeps waterways clean and reduces operating costs with energy-saving treatment plant upgrades.

The staff at a small New York treatment plant takes an ingenious approach to give operators a visual assessment of trickling filter status and performance.