November 2019 Issue of TPO

A contest to identify water at different stages of treatment challenged visitors to an educational event in Round Rock, Texas.

Water plant team members in San Marcos pulled together to improve operations and consistently earn the Texas Optimization Program award.

Thoughtful planning and operational excellence provide an award-winning combination in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.

Paula Ely started her career as a lab technician but now divides her time between lab tests and plant operations in the town of Great Barrington.

A strong and experienced maintenance team is critical to blending old and new technologies at a high-performing Texas clean-water plant.

An innovative water reclamation plant at Emory University provides water for boilers and cooling towers and adds resiliency to the university’s water systems.

Chopper pumps help a UK-based water and wastewater authority convert from conventional anaerobic digestion to a thermal hydrolysis process.

Ponds at the wastewater treatment plant in Redding provide a mecca for California birders and wildlife watchers.

A new book from two WEF staffers takes kids on a journey to discover the importance of water and the professionals who take care of it.

A new cloth disc media filter technology is designed to produce high-quality effluent from peak wet-weather flows and can double as a tertiary filter.

It’s often personality attributes — not skills and experience — that separate excellent job candidates from the average and help make good organizations great.

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