Visitors to the Athens (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant may feel that they are entering a botanical garden: Its lush landscaping makes it...
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More Than a Pretty Face: Alabama Plant Exceeds Requirements
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Trout in the Classroom? Students Learn Some Fishy Water Lessons
Last May, students from Keene Montessori School said bon voyage to dozens of friends. We’re not talking classmates — the goodbyes were...
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Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant Tackles Turbidity, Disinfection
Bigger isn’t always better, unless you’re the Shades Mountain Water Treatment Plant.This 80 mgd facility in Birmingham, the largest water plant in...
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What You Should Know About Biosolids Critics
From time to time you probably receive email warnings about various computer viruses. They are almost always hoaxes, and they tend to...
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Head of the Class: 10 Tips for School PresentationsYou’re standing in front of a room full of 10-year-olds, ready to give your...
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Vogelsang’s In-Line Grinder Saves Wear And Tear And Maintenance
The “flushables” problem isn’t going away. Hundreds of hygiene products claim to be safe to flush but often clog pipes and equipment,...
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Worth Noting - October 2015
People/AwardsJohn Riehl, longtime president of AFSCME Local 207, passed away at the age of 63. Riehl worked at the Detroit Wastewater Treatment...
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Tanks, Structures and Components
Covered beds eliminate odor issuesProblem: The Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District serves three Illinois communities, a total population of 12,000. The 1.1...
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TKN Digester Operates Automatically, Heats Up To 450 Degrees C
The HotBlock TKN (total Kjeldahl nitrogen) digestion system from Environmental Express is preprogrammed to automate digestion protocols (EPA Method 351.2) for determining...
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Ozone Testing Kit Using Indigo Method Eliminates Need To Measure Reagent Volume
The Ozone Vacu-vials Kit from CHEMetrics enables water producers to test for residual ozone following the disinfection process using the Indigo method.Commonly...
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The Unorthodox Path to Becoming a Biosolids Manager
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer," says Mike Welke, the biosolids manager and maintenance supervisor at the...
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This Sewer Museum Stinks, But It's Worth the Visit
The labyrinth of sewers winding its way beneath the Paris streets is as legendary as the city upstairs.The system dates to about...
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Athens Treatment Plant Keeps Up Appearances
When the Athens (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant came online in 2009, the staff faced a few training and startup challenges. Listen in...
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The Fire Chief Project: When the Commissioner Takes Over
Four years ago, the employee recognition committee in Calvert County, Maryland, had a genius idea. Similar to the popular reality show Undercover...
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Water-Quality Canaries: Using Mussels to Detect Contaminants
In an era of increasingly sophisticated technology, two treatment plants on the Mississippi River are experimenting with what might be the original...
