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Ensuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of these next-generation methods...

Not many clean-water operators can watch orca and humpback whales while doing plant rounds.That privilege belongs to Mark Descoteaux and his five-member...

For most of each day, the Long Pond Water Filtration Facility hums along with no operators present and only one team member...

Tiffany Poole holds a personal credo of paying it forward.“My favorite task is mentorship and empowerment of employees,” says Poole, supervising environmental...

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission’s water truck has been putting on a lot of miles for nearly 10 years, going to...

People/awards The Orange County (California) Water District received the 2022 Groundwater Resources Association Kevin J. Neese award for its robust PFAS treatment program. The...

PRIMEX holds second annual customer trainingPRIMEX held its second annual customer training on Sept. 27 and 28 at its facility in Ashland,...

Asset Management DUPERON FLEXRAKE IQ PLATFORM The Duperon FlexRake IQ platform provides real-time smart screening for maximum resilience at the headworks. It tackles high...

Autonomous bioaugmentation technology delivers rapid and sustainable results ProblemThe wastewater treatment plant in Pennsylvania’s Silver Spring Township (1.2 mgd design, 0.8 mgd average) serves...

As rules regulating the release of effluent into the environment become more stringent, the tools used to ensure treated effluent complies with...

As the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Revision implementation continues to evolve, it’s important that public water systems stay ahead of the...

OZ Lifting Aluma-Lite davit cranes OZ Lifting Products announces the new Aluma-Lite davit crane for wastewater and water operators. The Winona, Minnesota-based manufacturer has...

WASTEWATER By Rick Lallish When using sand beds to dry biosolids, what is the probable cause of excessive odor when the material is applied,...

Last August in this space I wrote about the difference between the pace of work in the private sector and the public...

Biogas is a growing source of renewable energy for clean-water plants, whether for on-site heating or combined heat and power, for vehicle...

A wastewater treatment facility in New Hampshire is taking the streets by storm with a brand-new environmental catch basin cleanings system.In a...

Taking in food waste has enabled a Vermont clean-water plant to upgrade its biosolids dewatering equipment and produce enough biogas to nearly...

It’s a challenge for small clean-water plants to reduce nutrient discharges affordably, especially if they weren’t originally designed for that capability.In 2012,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a memorandum to states that provides direction on how to use the nation’s bedrock clean...