September 2015 Issue of TPO

Ben Carver builds an award-winning career at Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District by learning the business, enhancing his skills and training other operators and technicians.

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After Tallahassee upgraded its wastewater reclamation treatment facility, the utility developed an employee career progression plan to improve workforce skills.

A proven process enables treatment agencies to boost the capacity of sequencing batch reactors to remove ammonia and total nitrogen and meet tightening permit limits.

Combination truck from Polston Applied Technologies provides complete cleaning for a variety of wastewater applications.

The East Bay Municipal Utility District is a pioneer in planning for the impacts of a warming planet. Its initiatives can set an example for other water agencies.

Sculptures, multiple plantings and decorative fencing transform a Washington treatment plant and make it a public attraction.

A specialized edge-retentive coating promises long life on a new clarifier at a water purification plant in Springfield, Illinois.

Mobile technologies make data management more efficient and accurate, streamlining every step of collection, analysis and reporting.

When looking to hire new members of your team, are you focused on technical competency? Or on attitude, personality and growth potential?

Ambitious efforts in biogas-to-energy and solar power help a California clean-water plant achieve its goal of generating all its electricity on site.

Michael Ramsey’s operator development efforts extend beyond his own Illinois village to include seminars for members of his state AWWA section.

Commercial fishing heritage gives the team in a remote Alaskan village the work ethic needed to keep an older clean-water plant operating smoothly.

John Donovan has devoted a long career to helping communities make the most of biosolids – with ample assistance from plant operators.

Canoemobile helps Michigan City and other communities teach kids about water resources by sending them onto their local streams, paddles in hand.

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