Inside the July 2016 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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A highly educated staff and two on-site laboratories help keep quality water flowing at the Barren River Lake Water Treatment Plant.
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Top Performer - Operator
Operator Jerry Nicholson applies long experience, skills and wisdom to job; winning praise, award and respect at Boulder’s Betasso Water Treatment Plant.

Top Performer - Plant
Bosque Farms operators win Wastewater Treatment System of the Year award with specialized skills, excellent communication and a strong work ethic.

Top Performer - Operator
Rick Cantu’s insistence on getting to the bottom of treatment issues served his community well and saved his treatment facility millions of dollars.

Hearts and Minds
A contest for fourth-graders in northern Arizona encourages kids to express their idea of a water ethic in artwork and essays.

Sustainable Operations
A Wisconsin plant goes greener with biological phosphorus removal, higher-efficiency equipment, biogas-to-energy and other upgrades.

Tech Talk
Effective bearing seals are important to long and trouble-free life in a wide range of rotating equipment in water and wastewater treatment plants.

How We Do It - Wastewater
A high-rate wet weather treatment system enables an Ohio utility to conquer CSOs and meet its compliance deadline.

Plantscapes
A California water district undertakes a stream improvement project to enable unimpeded annual spawning migrations for steelhead trout.

In My Words
Engineer and WERF Research Council member John Willis finds that often the most economical biogas and biosolids solutions are also the most sustainable.

Technology Deep Dive
A pipe crawler video inspection system from Deep Trekker provides substantial versatility in a package that can be operated by a single technician.
Flint: As an Operator, What Would You Have Done?
Let's Be Clear
How was the lead contamination of tap water allowed to happen? And as an operator, what would you have done if forced to deal with a similar situation?
Worth Noting - July 2016
Worth Noting
People/Awards; Calendar

WWETT Spotlight
Dewatering box from AQUA-Zyme Disposal Systems can give municipalities a low-cost alternative.

Case Study
Industry News - July 2016
Industry News

Product Spotlight

Product Spotlight
Product News - July 2016
Product News
Product Focus - July 2016
Product Focus