A decades-old fuel spill at the Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, N.M., is slowly creeping toward municipal water sources. Discovered in...
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Weekly News Briefs: Unreported Spill Prompts Mercury Testing
An unreported mercury spill triggered concern over employee health at the East Lansing, Mich., Wastewater Treatment Plant after an anonymous caller tipped...
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Exam Study Guide: Sludge Bulking
When operators are faced with licensing exams, they sometimes struggle with test anxiety because they don’t fully understand how to properly study...
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The Fire Chief Project: Coming soon to a health food store near you?
First Whole Foods made it a policy not to buy produce grown using biosolids. Now other health food purveyors are falling in...
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Inspire 2014 Conference Covers Process Safety
ACM Facility Safety and the Institute of Hazard Prevention present the Inspire 2014 Conference May 6-8, 2014, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The...
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Prevent Disasters With Tank Inspections
You’ve read about it in the news. A storage tank ruptures or leaks and the results are not good — a waterway...
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Measure Three-Phase Wattage Consumption With New Power Transducer
NK Technologies has introduced APT Series Power Transducers. The APT measures three phases of current and voltage and produces an industry standard...
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News Briefs: Water Main Spews Debris Into Air
A water main break in Janesville, Wis., blew a 20-foot-wide hole in a street and created a 30-foot-high water geyser. The 12-inch...
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Move Over Drinking Water. This Beauty Contest Is All About Effluent
Swirl, sniff. Swirl, sniff. Repeat.The judges held the Mason jars up to their noses, swirled the water, held it up to the...
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Weekly News Briefs: Wastewater Nutrients Could Benefit Wetlands
Rerouted wastewater could rejuvenate some of Louisiana’s wetlands. As part of the Wetland Assimilation Project at the South Terrebonne Wastewater Treatment Plant,...
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Top 10 Tips for Conducting Interviews
During a typical job interview, there are two tough places to be: behind the desk and in front of it. Behind it,...
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Top 10 Tips for Conducting Interviews
During a typical job interview, there are two tough places to be: behind the desk and in front of it. Behind it,...
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The Fire Chief Project: The Power of Proclamation
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed this week, March 17-23, as Water and Wastewater Operator’s Week. Luke Markko, president of the Fox...
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Top Tips for Laboratory Safety
What’s the most dangerous place in your wastewater treatment plant? Headworks. Biosolids area. Electrical panels.Think again. It could be your laboratory. While...
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Water Week 2014 Joins Clean Water Advocacy, Education and Innovation
A broad array of water sector groups from across the country will join forces this spring in Washington, D.C. for the inaugural...
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Worth Noting - April 2014
People/AwardsBob Conner, assistant director of the water and wastewater utility for the City of Lakeland (Fla.), was promoted to interim director.Peter A....
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Rail-Mounted Fluid Bed Dryer Provides Easy Internal Bag Access
Vibrating fluid bed dryers and coolers from The Witte Co. are available mounted on rails, providing unobstructed access for cleaning, maintenance and...
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Product News - April 2014
Griswold high-head, self-priming centrifugal pumpsH Series high-head, self-priming pumps from Griswold Pump Co. are available in 3, 5, 7 1/2, 10, 15 and...
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Industry News - April 2014
Xylem extends TotalCare service to SanitaireXylem extended its TotalCare service to the Sanitaire portfolio of wastewater treatment products and systems. Services include...














