October 2014 Issue of TPO

Whether on the job with Kentucky American Water or suiting up as a volunteer firefighter, Doug Brooks puts heart and soul into his work.

People/Awards; Education; Calendar

A Pennsylvania treatment facility helps make up for income lost with industrial plant closings by installing an efficient receiving facility for septage, grease and sludges.

Koch Membrane Systems offers a hollow-fiber ultrafiltration system designed to function efficiently on feedwaters high in solids, color and TOC.

A total systems approach to wastewater treatment helps industrial facilities develop solutions that cost-effectively meet permit compliance and business objectives.

A friendly competition among team of plant workers keeps the Orem treatment facility clean and looking sharp for visitors.

Technology helps a water system in rural South Dakota operate efficiently, deploy effective treatment methods and deliver quality customer service.

A Maine composting facility creates beneficial recycled products, and does it with less energy, thanks to innovations like geothermal heating and cooling.

A Rhode Island town expects payback of 3 1/2 years on an extensive project to upgrade inefficient pumps and install variable-frequency drives.

Kam Reeves applies education, coaching and lead-by-example principles to his superintendent’s job at the Ottumwa Water Pollution Control Facility.

Will hotter summers from climate change create a healthy environment for unhealthful organisms in sediment at the bottom of water tanks and towers?

A specially designed receiving station enables an Illinois village to receive septage as a source of revenue without creating treatment plant process issues.

A Florida water management district brings an extensive online library of educational materials to teachers, the general public and other agencies.

The Trinity River Authority looks to major advances in a biosolids program that already earns high marks for environmental quality and customer satisfaction.

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The more you look around, the more you see clean-water plants looking to fulfill their whole potential as centers for water reclamation and resource recovery.