July 2015 Issue of TPO

Even a source water as clean as Lake Michigan can present challenges. Frank Miller and his team step right up with process enhancements and extensive automation.

Reciprocating positive displacement pump from Penn Valley Pump fits multiple wastewater applications

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Spray and drip irrigation provide final effluent treatment for a lagoon system serving a major resort community in the watershed of Tennessee’s Obed River.

A new book aims to describe collection, treatment and recycling in terms almost anyone can understand.

People/Awards; Education; Events

No law says all municipal wastewater must be treated in a central plant and discharged to a stream. When might land-based treatment be practical?

A plant team in Alabama leaves no stone unturned in finding the cause of apparently elevated weekly average CBOD levels.

A hydrant system substantially reduces labor and enhances safety in the process of cleaning the concrete walls of equalization basins.

An association of NPDES permit holders uses nutrient trading to help achieve a major reduction in nitrogen contributions to the Lower Neuse River in North Carolina.

Altivar Process variable-speed drives deliver quick access to information that helps users enhance operating efficiency and extend equipment life.

A Montana clean-water plant removes nutrients from a pristine river system with a poplar plantation that also adds beauty to the landscape.

Ithaca’s clean-water plant has boosted biogas production and energy generation in a project that will yield $9 million in guaranteed savings over a 20-year contract.

An upgrade to sequencing batch reactors, overseen by an involved and committed staff, helped a Kentucky plant get and stay in step with tightening nutrient limits.

A New Jersey utility uses a National Biosolids Partnership management program as a path to greater efficiency and performance in its incineration plant.

An art contest at a Tulsa elementary encourages students to contemplate clean water and its role in their lives – and to appreciate what they have.