We all know it: The industry needs bright, young operators to replace those retiring. Approaches to recruitment are many: internships, apprenticeships, military...
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Here's How Three Trailblazing Women Rose Through the Ranks in the Wastewater Profession
Barbara Jackson, Vernia Hawthorne and
Jewel Minor entered the wastewater profession from different areas, but they had one thing in common: determination...
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Doing It the Island Way
They don’t hire licensed operators when there’s an opening at the Island Water Treatment Plant in Sanibel, Florida.
“We take new people and...
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Chris Patterson Leads by Serving. It's His Ticket to a Successful Water and Wastewater Career
Chris Patterson is right where he’s meant to be: gas, water and wastewater manager for the city of Jacksonville, Alabama.
His job is...
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Fort Worth Taps Into Major Energy Savings With a Unique Approach to Financing Improvements
The Fort Worth, Texas, Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility is big — it is rated at 166 mgd.
So to be meaningful, an...
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Exploring Co-digestion? Learn the Secrets of Success From Industry Insiders
Co-digestion of food waste with wastewater residuals holds substantial promise as a way to increase renewable energy, reduce costs and create environmental...
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Here's How a Massachusetts Town Prepared Its Wastewater Staff to Respond to a Natural Disaster
By their nature, wastewater treatment plants that service coastal communities are vulnerable to storm surges and floods.
The town of Hull, Massachusetts, on...
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How a Utility Converted a Fence Into a Teaching Tool
Making a formerly invisible wastewater treatment operation highly visible is an unspoken theme of construction projects at Alexandria Renew Enterprises (AlexRenew). ...
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New Mixing Technology Adapts to Flow Conditions to Maximize Performance and Save Energy
Proper mixing is a key to high-quality wastewater treatment and consistent permit compliance.
Mixers of different designs deployed in aeration basins, sludge storage...
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An Easy-to-Install, Complete Skid System
Looking for a complete skid system? Blue-White engineers have done the planning for you with the efficient, prefabricated small-footprint design of Chem-Feed...
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Meet the Jerome J605
Ametek Arizona Instrument’s line of Jerome toxic gas analyzers is designed to provide accurate and reliable data in compact, rugged and easy-to-use...
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They're Never Too Young: Taking My Grandsons to the 'Water Wasting Treatment Plant'
On a recent visit with my grandsons, 6-year-old Tucker out of the blue began talking about the “water wasting treatment plant.”
Apparently he...
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Instrument makes turbidity measurement clear
An accurate turbidity measurement often provides nearly immediate results on whether potable or wastewater treatment is effective. The more accurate the turbidimeter...
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Channel mixing on a large scale
The treatment of raw water entering a water treatment plant through a rectangular channel can seem like a daunting task. That is...
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Worth Noting - September 2018
People/Awards
The Williston (North Dakota) Water Resource Recovery Facility was dedicated to Monte Meiers, a longtime city employee and former director of public...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter bacteria perform what function in the activated sludge process?
A. They are responsible for denitrification.
B. They are required for restoring...




















