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Editorial
Catching the Rain
A Green Improvement project at the wastewater treatment plant in the Village of Lyons, N.Y. (population 4,000), shows you don’t have to...
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Digital Technology
Chlorine analysis
The SC400 colorimeter from Orbeco-Hellige can test two ranges of free and total chlorine — 0.01-2.0 mg/l and 0.1-8.0 mg/l. Users...
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September Product News
Larox Offers Air Release/Vacuum Valve
The air/vacuum valve from Larox Flowsys Inc. automatically exhausts large volumes of air from the system while it...
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Treatment System Uses Heat and Pressure to Destroy Sludge
The AquaCritox sustainable sludge destruction and wastewater treatment system from SCFI uses super-critical water oxidation (SCWO) to destroy organic waste. The odorless...
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Productive Alternative
The Town of Essex in southwestern Ontario upgraded its facultative lagoon treatment systems with an alternative wastewater treatment plant — a continuous-fill,...
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Always Learning
Jeff Rewerts hasn’t always been a wastewater treatment operator,but when he changed careers six years ago by joining the City of Mason...
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The Ultimate Recycling
Nutrients removed from municipal wastewater in Oregon are helping to restore the salmon fishery in British Columbia. It’s a novel arrangement built...
Blogs
New Jersey student wins International Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition
Alison Bick of Short Hills, N.J., has won the 2011 international Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP), the most prestigious international competition for...
Editorial
Outside the Box
The Padre Dam Municipal Water District has been treating and recycling wastewater since the early 1960s — long before sustainability was a...
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Seldom Seen in Town
Everyone was surprised to spot this male bighorn sheep near the driveway entering the treatment plant property at the West Montrose Sanitation...
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Worth Noting - September 2011
People/Awards
Steve Henderson, a Cassville (Mo.) Wastewater Treatment Plant operator, received a Missouri Water and Wastewater Conference Operator of the Year Award.
The City...
Blogs
WEF explores energy-water nexus
Representatives from the energy, water and wastewater sectors met in Chicago last week to discuss the future of renewable energy during the...
Videos
Washington County, Missouri - TPO Video Profile - August 2011
A 2009 upgrade brings new and different secondary treatment and solids processing systems to a treatment plant in Missouri. Featuring the Grit...
Blogs
WEF announces Excellence Award winners
The Water Environment Federation announced the winners of the 2011 WEF Excellence Awards, presented during WEFTEC 2011 in October in Los Angeles:Camp...
Blogs
Companies support recovery process at New Jersey plant
Godwin pumps is supplying pipe and crew to help with recovery operations at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in New Jersey...
Editorial
Case Studies: Headworks/Biosolids
Improved capacity and space savings
Problem
The 3.15 mgd (design) treatment plant in Marseilles, Ill., averaged 1.25 mgd and produced 55 dry tons of...
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A Real No-Brainer
An initial estimate of $12 million didn’t scare away the Willingboro (N.J.) Municipal Utilities Authority from adding substantial renewable energy resources. It...
















