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News Briefs: Man Arrested in Wastewater Plant Theft
Police in Clarksville, Indiana, have arrested a man suspected of stealing $3,000 worth of computers and tools from the Clarksville Wastewater Treatment...
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Exam Study Guide: Breakpoint Chlorination
When faced with a licensing exam, don't struggle with test anxiety! Use the question below and others from our Exam Study Guide series to...
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9 Industry Leaders Honored at WateReuse Awards Ceremony
The WateReuse Association presented the 2015 WateReuse Award of Excellence to nine leaders in alternative water supply development during a Sept. 15 luncheon...
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Drought Management Model Eliminates Guesswork in Asheville
Editor's Note: This article is part of an operator profile on Leslie Carreiro of Asheville, North Carolina. Watch for a special feature in the...
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Utility Supervisor Emphasizes Renewal for Older Systems
At Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, the leadership team is focused on upgrades and plant efficiencies. Take a tour with Superintendent Karen Hawkins as...
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Operator Paradise: Vacationing at a Bermuda Treatment Plant
Editor’s Note: During February 2015, operator Jeff Kalmes had the opportunity to take his wastewater skills to Bermuda where he worked as...
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Massachusetts Plan to Reduce Nitrogen Levels Receives EPA Approval
The EPA has formally approved an updated plan from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that creates a robust framework for Cape Cod communities...
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Energy Efficient Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants
When it comes to operating expenses, every wastewater treatment plant needs to consider energy efficiency. After all, energy is a plant's single...
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10-Acre Solar Facility Lowers Energy Bills At Treatment Plant
The Pocomoke City Wastewater Treatment Facility isn’t the only beneficiary of a new solar photovoltaic installation in its small Maryland community. The...
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Charlotte Water's Jackie Jarrell Talks About Raising the Status of Operators
How well does your organization support operations professionals? For that matter, what have you done lately to help your colleagues advance in...
Editorial
AirPrex Process Solves Struvite Problems
Struvite is a persistent concern in many clean-water plants. The substance (chemical name magnesium ammonium phosphate) can build up inside anaerobic digesters...
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Landscaping Complements Plant’s Civil War Surroundings
The City of Chattanooga’s Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant sits on 184 acres in the National Park Service’s Moccasin Bend Archeological District,...
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Ingenuity and an Electrical Engineering Technology Degree Are Strong Assets for an Ohio Operator
Until the upgrade for the Warren (Ohio) Water Pollution Control facility becomes reality, Mike Welke and his crews nurse and coerce every...
Editorial
Revitalizing Old Aeration Blowers With VFDs
Variable-frequency drives (VFDs) have been used for decades to control multistage centrifugal blowers. The increasingly popular turbo blowers also use VFDs for...
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Ohio Operator Brings Heart to Management Style
Caring. Karen Hawkins and co-workers use that word a lot. As superintendent of Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, Hawkins has made concern for employees...
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Spring Creek Plant Finds Efficiency With SCADA
The Springfield (Illinois) Metro Sanitary District was formed in 1924 to address the challenges of a growing community where raw sewage flowed...
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Changing Times: We Are the New Face of Water
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How Kemira PAC Product Eliminates Microthrix Blooms
Winter blooms of Microthrix parvicella at the James R. Dilorio Water Reclamation Facility caused extreme slowing of the 30-minute solids settling rate....




















