February 2015 Issue of TPO

Community residents’ input helps a Saskatchewan utility design an innovative water treatment system with sensitivity to cost and local needs.

Budding country music star Cole Swindell headlining the WWETT Industry Appreciation Party.

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Sid Fredrickson’s award-winning career in Coeur d’Alene has been a continuous quest for more efficient and effective technology and treatment.

The Yellow Springs team finds the funds and makes the improvements to produce quality effluent, meet strict phosphorus limits and handle peak flows.

A Kentucky plant achieves an incredible run without a lost-time accident and wins a governor’s safety award, while also boosting efficiency and improving operations.

An Oregon operators’ group devises certification review classes to help professionals from around the state improve success on exams.

A hand-held multiparameter digital system facilitates spot sampling for monitoring groundwater, reservoirs, receiving streams and other waters.

The Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Plant expects to save more than $1 million per year through a solar energy project funded by low-interest loans.

Students paint a mural in a Mississippi treatment plant’s administrative building to call attention to the importance of protecting water resources.

Doug Ouellete believes teamwork is all the more important at smaller facilities. Lessons from a management boot camp helped him build a solid team.

A small Oregon water treatment plant breaks new ground with a custom-built hydroturbine that saves on electricity costs.

The Virginia Biosolids Council finds that farmers are the most effective sources for conveying information about land application to often skeptical citizens.

Technology matters in the water treatment professions. People matter more, especially when those people form strong teams at their facilities.