June 2014 Issue of TPO

An award-winning Connecticut direct filtration package plant relies on just two operators to provide exceptional water for several thousand customers.

People/Awards; Education; Events

This increasingly important contaminant has multiple ways to enter drinking water supplies and can be challenging to remove.

Perkins-Boynton Award winner Robert McVicker thrives on new challenges and the opportunity to increase his water treatment knowledge

A FLUSH program in Michigan offering treatment plant tours meets early success and looks to expand beyond state borders.

A cellular-based solution from Badger Meter lets utilities collect and analyze data to improve operations and service – without investing in a proprietary network.

A wide array of best management practices propel the Columbus water utility to customer service excellence and industry recognition.

A commitment to sustainability and resource conservation underpins all aspects of operations for the City of Dayton Water Department.

Experts share ideas on how cities and utilities can meet water security challenges, ensure safe and reliable supplies, and achieve long-term sustainability.

This is the last issue of Water System Operator magazine. Watch for an expanded Treatment Plant Operator focused on the whole water/wastewater treatment profession.

WEFTEC wants to showcase clean-water operators’ clever money-saving, labor-saving, performance-boosting ideas

Odor control is essential to ensuring that wastewater treatment facilities remain good neighbors. Disinfection is essential to protecting public health. Here are some of the latest technologies in both product areas.

Solar-powered mixers help a small lagoon treatment plant meet BOD and TSS limits, solve short-circuiting problems and minimize nuisance odors.

The Water Environment Federation’s new executive director gives high priority to raising awareness of the importance of infrastructure and the value of water professionals.

Understanding these “alphabet soup” parameters can help you maintain better control of an activated sludge treatment process.

Millions in federal stimulus-funded projects help Austin enhance its respected biosolids program and prepare for transformation to broader resource recovery.

Jack-o-lanterns carved from pumpkins grown at the treatment plant and fertilized with biosolids help make a point to kids in a South Dakota town.

Gary Hanson doubles as an operations specialist for a global consulting firm and superintendent of a tiny utility. Both profit from his problem-solving skills.

A Mississippi plant copes with high flows from two poultry plants with a new SCADA system and automated control over dissolved oxygen.

The Rose Hill Resource Management Facility lives up to its name by adding household recycling, tree farming and more to production of clean water and biosolids.

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It’s time to embrace the fact that point sources are no longer the biggest contributors to nutrients in our waterways – and to start acting accordingly.