Inside the January 2019 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator

A plant in western Kentucky finds creative ways to deal with the challenges of an aging workforce and excess treatment capacity.

The award-winning Mahomet Wastewater Treatment Plant packs a lot of treatment capacity and quality into a severely confined footprint.

Orren West and his Denver Metro team experienced the joys and stresses of starting up a brand-new wastewater treatment facility.

A unique learning experience takes Springfield fifth graders out of the classroom and into the wastewater treatment plant.


People/Awards; Calendar


My grandson Tucker is 6 years old. He asked me to take him to the “water wasting treatment plant.” How could I say no?

An online monitoring system helps operators closely regulate color in municipal and industrial applications.

A new series of books from the Water Environment Federation gives operators a comprehensive, up-to-date and learner-friendly presentation of wastewater treatment processes.

A kinetic sculpture at a King County treatment plant is designed in all aspects to represent water and its movements.

An innovative high-velocity pipe cleaning system saves millions of dollars for a small water treatment plant on Lake Michigan.

A central Illinois village proves that a water or wastewater plant solar energy project doesn’t have to be big to be economically viable.

The Waynesboro Wastewater Treatment Plant delivers quality effluent with new equipment, a sound maintenance program and a devoted staff.