March 2020 Issue of TPO

Christen Wood followed her heart from lab work into a successful career in operations (and as a musical performer at WEFTEC).

Visitors encounter a 30-foot Tyrannosaurus rex at a Goleta Sanitary District treatment plant open house.

Diana Heimbach and her team make sure the Lehigh County Authority sends high-quality pretreated water down the pipeline for final treatment.

At first, water treatment was just a job for Brian McDade. It soon became a career and a calling to help others progress and excel.

The Olivenhain Municipal Water District works in partnership to ensure abundant recycled water for its own residents and for neighboring communities.

Persistent efforts to cut energy consumption yield a statewide energy efficiency award for a regional utility in New Hampshire.

A replacement UV disinfection system cuts costs for energy, parts and maintenance labor at a Massachusetts clean-water plant.

Murals on the primary clarifiers at an Ohio clean-water plant help passersby appreciate the role of treatment in habitats and ecosystems.

The newly branded Clean Water Professionals of Kentucky & Tennessee looks to start a movement to lend the industry greater stature and more respect.

The Grundfos machine health monitoring service for rotating equipment forges partnerships with customers aimed at achieving new levels of reliability.

How long before the industry’s default position is to emphasize ‘clean water’ instead of ‘wastewater’ or ‘sewage’? It’s time to stop taking baby steps.

People/Awards; Events