December 2018 Issue of TPO

An award-winning New Mexico plant meets tightening permit limits with continuous upgrades, dedicated operators and a responsive board of directors.

Jeremy Cramer applies his long experience in plant operations to helping engineers and plant teams create effective designs that work in the real world.

More than 800 spray cans in the hands of an artist helped create a mural with a message on a water tank in Greensboro, North Carolina.

A new approach to decanter centrifuge dewatering of biosolids offers drier end product, lower polymer usage and energy savings.

A daylong education fair held in conjunction with WEFTEC teaches elementary and middle school students about the value of water.

If you ask Hatfield Award winner Paul Ray, a plant doesn’t have to be ‘old’ just because it has been in service for a number of years.

Operators in Crystal Lake get a complete perspective on treatment plant and lift station operations and regularly rotate duties between them.

Dealing with a tint from an unknown source is just one example of how the Craigsville team experiments and adapts its way to quality water.

Atlanta’s main clean-water plant gets the most from on-site power generation while looking to Class A biosolids and nutrient recovery for fertilizer.

Manual surface preparation and humidity-tolerant coatings enable in-service rehabilitation of equipment in a water plant pipe gallery.

Plant operators share photos of their signs and the history behind them.

What did the past year teach you? Before letting 2018 slip into oblivion, it can help to look back and reflect on the year’s events and any lessons they may carry.