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Herlon J. Fayard Jr. was the new kid on the block when he became supervisor of the Shoal Creek Water Reclamation Facility...

Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared. That’s what happened when the New York village of...

In the early 1980s, Georgia’s Henry County was a rural place with about 35,000 residents. Today, it’s part of the Atlanta metropolitan...

People/Awards Brian Lafferty, a wastewater treatment plant operator, was named the February 2018 Employee of the Month by the Cedar City (Utah) Employee...

Devin Snyder didn’t start out as an operator, but as a maintenance technician at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jackson,...

When a small tank mixing system is all that is needed, consider a simplified Rotamix system with a chopper pump and external-mount...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will reach out to states, local communities and stakeholders as it begins a...

This Hach customer is an international nutritional solutions and cheese group with a strong global presence in key food markets. Its headquarters...

America’s water is under threat from many sides. It faces pollution problems, outdated infrastructure, rising costs, and unprecedented droughts and rainfall patterns...

Although 2017 brought significant rainfall to a dry state, Californians remain concerned about future droughts, and the majority support using advanced technologies...

Q: How did Vaughan get started making chopper pumps?A: Vaughan Company’s roots are in the dairy manure industry during the 1950s. Founder Jim...

Entry 245110Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

The Tri-Lakes Biosolids Regional Drying Facility brings in material from three wastewater treatment plants in the Branson, Missouri, area. Three centrifuges and...

It should be no surprise that something as simultaneously complex and critical as wastewater treatment has a long history of technological development....

Entry 245113Although this first bit of news originates further from home than usual, it's a pretty wild story and a good reminder...

The Vaughan Rotamix system incorporates several basic principles of physics and hydraulics, including uniform and vortical fields of flow, induced flow and...

As we saw at the end of last summer, flooding from storms like Hurricane Harvey are capable of overwhelming a large number...

Phosphorus is essential to life and so it is present in plants and animals. Phosphorus promotes growth, which is good for a...

Lead contamination was found in 70 percent of the 2,797 homes tested in Chicago as part of a program allowing residents to...