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Nutrient analysis system keeps wastewater plant in controlProblemThe Denver, Colo., Metro Wastewater Reclamation District wanted near real-time nutrient analysis for a challenging headworks...

After a punishing winter, full of snowstorms, ice storms and every mix of precipitation Mother Nature could conjure up, many freeways and...

With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...

Stanford University researcher Yaniv Scherson has developed a process that captures ammonia from wastewater, converts it to nitrous oxide, and then burns...

How readily does your clean-water plant welcome tours? The treatment plant in Casper, Wyo., entertained just one engineering student for a tour...

As stricter permit limits and tight budgets demand high efficiency, accurate monitoring and instrumentation is paramount in plant operations. Here is a...

Clean-water plants and clean-water professionals contribute strongly to environmental quality. But it’s not often they are front and center in a community’s...

The wastewater treatment plant in Ketchum, Idaho, treats 1.25 mgd, largely for reuse in irrigation. One of the plant’s most popular features,...

Since the sun provides much of its energy, the Rifle Regional Wastewater Reclamation Plant finds it doesn’t need much electricity from the...

With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...

In north central Utah’s desert climate, water is scarce and sunlight abundant. The Tooele City Water Reclamation Facility helps ease the first condition...

The Alabama city of Auburn in 2012 converted the disinfection system at its H.C. Morgan Water Pollution Control Facility from chlorine to...

Working a booth at a local lakes festival, Theresa Sailor learned that about 80 percent of people didn’t know where water flowing...

The complexities of the Grass Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant don’t faze supervisor Bob Bobik and his experienced operators. They relish the challenges, never...

Keeping it Safe: Dust Masks vs. RespiratorsRespiratory health is an important element of plant safety. Learn more about dust masks and respirators, and...

Favors A Name ChangeAfter reading your comments and those of Sam Wade, in the January 2014 issue of TPO, I feel obliged...

Common wisdom has it that references to “poop” are counterproductive when it comes to building public awareness and support for clean-water initiatives.The...

Years ago we called them sewage treatment plants. Today more often we call them wastewater treatment plants, water pollution control facilities or...