December 2013 Issue of TPO

In dealing with system issues and facing down major storms, Robert Longo shows quiet confidence while building an award-winning career in Bristol, Conn.

The i::scan spectrophotometer brings drinking water monitoring down to a small scale and a lower cost. The compact unit can measure multiple parameters.

This common drinking water disinfectant has a variety of advantages but requires care in transport, storage and use.

There’s no shortage of water around Medford, Ore., but the prospect of a costly water plant expansion now motivates customers to conserve.

Fairfield takes control of unnecessary electricity usage and high energy bills by operating its water treatment plant more efficiently and adding renewable sources.

In some localities, water shortages are nonexistent and unimaginable. In such cases, how can a utility make the case for conservation?

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A Tennessee plant optimizes operations to earn four consecutive Partnership for Safe Drinking Water Director Awards.

A Scottsdale water plant team converts from chlorine to on-site sodium hypochlorite generation in a smooth process and in an existing footprint.

Greg Swanson has spent 37 years helping the Moline water utility excel. Now he does his part to encourage young people to enter a rewarding profession.

Wastewater operators can employ efficient components to drive down system energy costs. Here are some of the latest asset management products, drives, heat exchangers and recovery systems, efficiently-designed motors, pumps, blowers and mixers, and renewable energy systems that plants are utilizing to help manage energy consumption.

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For those in the clean-water business, exams don’t end with high school or college. Do you still get nervous when sitting down with that licensing test?

There’s a simple process for cutting your treatment plant’s energy usage: benchmark, audit, implement and monitor.

Anglers find a great spot on a Kansas plant’s effluent receiving reservoirs, part of a 148-acre wildlife habitat and public use development.

Here’s a look at what acidity and alkalinity mean at the molecular level and how pH is measured, plus a few sample exam questions covering the topic.

The treatment plant in Lowell, Mich., survived a flood intact. The experience taught the operations team valuable lessons about planning for emergencies.

A government plot, a mysterious creature and a group of operators trapped at a treatment plant create the setting for a new horror novel.

New Jersey’s Rahway Valley team looks to be the best, whether treating daily flows efficiently or fending off the fury of Hurricane Sandy.

Pete Laramie shows ‘true grit’ at the Fair Haven treatment plant, fine-tuning denitrification to produce top-quality water.

A new SBR plant in an Iowa community includes a wide range of energy-efficiency features, including geothermal heating.

A new digester, more biogas and a better biosolids process mean greater efficiency and significant savings in Grandville, Mich.

A five-stage process with automated dissolved oxygen control provides a reliable, efficient and highly compliant solution for a new Florida reclamation plant.