February 2014 Issue of TPO

The Beaver Water District safeguards supply volume and quality with a variety of protective measures and a lot of staff initiative.

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

A team of superhero characters helps a Montana city deliver messages about wise water use and pollution prevention to school children.

A digital particle analyzer from Fluid Imaging helps water system operators monitor, identify and quantify nuisance algae and particulate matter.

Doug Strempek engaged innovation to improve water information systems and enhance resources as IT coordinator in Norridge, Ill.

The industry is growing and evolving, and so is your trade show.

The Washington County Service Authority uses aggressive system upgrades and current technology to cut water losses and improve operating efficiency.

Sacramento uses solar arrays at drinking water treatment plants to offset energy costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A magnetic mounting system let a Southern California water district continue accepting wireless communication antennas after it banned welding and epoxy on tanks.

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It takes more than just water professionals to run an efficient, customer-focused water system. Remember your allies in other city departments.

A vacant administration building becomes a world-class environmental education center with LEED certification.

A broad-based coalition of industry associations and businesses aims to raise the profile of infrastructure investment as a national priority.

Farmland next to the wastewater treatment plant is part of the recipe for an award-winning biosolids program in Moberly, Mo.

Missoula plant effluent cleansed of most nutrients will soon water 130 acres of poplar trees grown to maturity and harvested for saw logs.

The treatment plant in Edmonds, Wash., racks up big savings and earns utility incentives with a wide range of energy-saving projects.

John Leonhard gave up life as a traveling trainer and technician to lead a skilled plant team and ultimately supervise a brand new regional facility.

Operators at a coastal California treatment plant help maintain an impressive wetland area that includes a multiuse public trail.

A New York community devises an alternative biosolids management process that eliminates incinerator emissions and yields substantial cost savings.

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Clean-water plants find ways to mark special occasions, including those not directly connected with water quality and environmental awareness.