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News Briefs: Wastewater Plant Puts Bluegills to Work in Clarifiers
Entry 245139A wastewater treatment plant in Clarkston, Washington, is putting bluegill to work eating water fleas that took up residence in the...
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Value of Water Campaign Announces 6th Annual Infrastructure Week
The Value of Water Campaign recently announced that the sixth annual Infrastructure Week will take place May 14-21. Across the country, hundreds of businesses,...
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Louisville's Annual Water Festival Marks 10 Years of Inspiring Kids
Leaders at Louisville Water admit that their first attempts at school outreach more than 10 years ago were a failure. Fortunately, they...
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Meticulous Care From an Experienced Operator Family Keeps These Alabama Plants Spotless and Effluent Sparkling
The effluent from SouthWest Water’s two main wastewater treatment plants in Alabama consistently meets permits that include a 0.2 mg/L phosphorus limit.
That’s...
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Jim Boyer Brings 30 Years’ Experience in Coaching, Teaching and Mentoring to His Role as Utility Superintendent
Jim Boyer learned about empathy at an early age. After his father became disabled from a serious accident, his mother ran the...
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Prestonsburg Water Plant Team Members Deal With an Expansive Territory and Variable Source Water
The eastern Kentucky city of Prestonsburg sits in a valley of the Appalachian foothills, and from there, the water utility’s pipes stretch...
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Experience and Cross-Training Make Rocky Mount Team Members Highly Self-Reliant
Staff members at the Rocky Mount (Virginia)wastewater treatment plant don’t mind getting their hands dirty. In fact, that’s a point of pride,...
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A New York Plant Adopts Reuse and Eliminates the Pumping of 100 Million Gallons of Groundwater Annually
A wastewater reuse project that took 14 years of planning is winning big environmental awards for the Riverhead Sewer District on Long...
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Direct Inline Pumping of Influent Boosts Efficiency and Eliminates a Confined-Space Hazard
The team at the village of Sherman’s clean-water plant in New York faced frequent and hazardous confined-space entries to de-rag pumps in...
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Creative Paintings Turn Water Towers Into Landmarks in a Florida Beachfront City
Two elevated water tanks in Florida’s Panhandle don’t just hold water, they are also award winners, considered tributes to the city of...
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A Wisconsin University Explores the Frontiers of Efficient Anaerobic Digestion
Aaerobic digestion is a high-potential growth area in water resource recovery facilities. It’s a source of renewable energy, a promising new stream...
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Modular Ozone Systems Give Water Utilities an Affordable Solution to Treatment Challenges
Ozone treatment is a proven technology for disinfection and for removal of odor, taste, and color in drinking water systems. Keys to...
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Shortage of Students in STEM Education? Here Are Some Reasons Why.
It’s hard finding young people who gravitate toward careers in water and wastewater. It’s harder when many lack interest and proficiency in...
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Exam Study Guide
WASTEWATER
Which type of filter is used to reduce the organic loading on downstream biological processes?
A. Tertiary filter
B. Vacuum filter
C. Traveling bridge rapid...
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Worth Noting - May 2018
People/Awards
The city of Rocky Mount Tar River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant received the 2017 Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award for the Eastern...
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Inject at high pressure
At the well sites of many smaller water treatment plants, operators often need to inject disinfection chemicals into waterlines at high pressures....
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Enhanced Performance Management
It can be easy to get bogged down trying to decide what data is needed to determine optimum efficiency in your plant....


















