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Several years ago I helped judge a high school public speaking competition. One student, clearly nervous and flustered, had some trouble with...

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City needed a cost-effective and compact wastewater treatment process to replace an aging package...

Officials in Slayton had three reasons to look at a new aeration system for the city’s wastewater treatment lagoons. The first reason was...

The Marshal Fire of December 2021 was the most destructive in the history of Colorado. The calamity might have been worse if...

When a wastewater treatment staff literally lives at the plant for five straight days during an ice storm, you’d expect them to...

North Dakota isn’t just a windswept place haunted only by antelope and jackrabbits. From 2010 to 2021, the state’s population grew by just...

Struvite had become a serious problem for the Tres Rios Water Reclamation Facility in Arizona’s Pima County. The buildup of struvite occurred downstream...

An annual art calendar contest in Florida’s Polk County gets students and teachers thinking about water and its importance in their lives. The...

EVENTS June 6-9WEF/IWA Innovations in Process Engineering Conference 2023, Hyatt Regency Portland, Oregon. Visit www.wef.orgJune 11-14AWWA ACE23, Enercare Center, Toronto, Ontario. Visit www.awwa.org.June...

WASTEWATERBy Rick LallishWhen referring to odors and odor control in wastewater treatment, what is the definition of odor threshold?A. When the odor has...

Mobile water disinfection platforms have long been utilized in the oil and gas sector. Now De Nora Water Technologies has identified a...

Air release valves are among the most important ones in the water supply lines. That’s because the formation of air and vacuum...

QED Environmental Systems Eliminator bladder pump QED Environmental Systems’ Eliminator high-capacity bladder pump is designed to handle light nonaqueous phase liquids and dense nonaqueous phase...

Geomembrane covers solve odor issue in wastewater plants Problem: Laguna Madre Water District in Port Isabel, Texas, sought to eliminate odor complaints after a high-end...

Byo-Gon PX-109 Byo-Gon PX-109 is a nontoxic, noncorrosive and 100% organic and biodegradable alkaloid compound used for eliminating grease, sewage odor and hydrogen...

Drinking water professionals are familiar with PFAS, but in many cases these synthetic chemicals have not been on wastewater treatment operators’ radar. That...

The Pontiac-based Clinton River Water Resource Recovery Facility in Michigan is aiming to revolutionize energy use in the water treatment sector by converting...

For most utilities, having zero injuries is the ultimate safety goal, but this can be very hard to attain especially when you...