Teaching people about what happens after they flush the toilet is a challenge for every wastewater treatment agency.
The 18,000 customers of the...
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In the Bags
The Eganville Sewage Treatment Plant in Bonnechere Valley, Ont., paid $27,500 per year to handle 350,000 gallons of digested biosolids at 2.5...
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Catalyst for Education
With a staff of only two, you would think an organization responsible for training all wastewater treatment plant operators in a state...
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August Industry News
Vacon Builds Factory in China
Vacon built a manufacturing and development center in Suzhou, China. The facility covers 24,000 square meters (258,000 square...
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Toxic Shock
The operators of the Sunbelt Wastewater Treatment Plant arrive for their day shift and notice an unusual odor around the grounds.
After a...
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Where It All Begins
In college I had a choice. I loved to write. I also loved the sciences. At the risk of seeming less than...
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August Letters
It’s About Time
In regard to your column, “Your Most Critical Audience?” (TPO, July 2011): Amen! “We’re at the end of the pipeline...
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Headworks/Biosolids
Sludge scraping
The ZICKERT Shark sludge scraping system from WesTech Engineering has concave forward faces to transport sediment toward a sludge pit. During...
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August Product News
Gorman-Rupp Introduces Prime Aire Plus Pump
The Prime Aire Plus line of priming-assisted pumps from Gorman-Rupp is available with up to an 8-inch...
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Converter Combines Flow and Analysis in One Device
The OPTISENS MAC 100 multiparameter converter from Krohne, based on the long-standing IFC signal converter used for electromagnetic flowmeters, combines flow and...
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Outside the Box
The University of Nevada — Reno has a business opportunity for a wastewater plant looking for an efficient and creative solution to...
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Always On Track
A new centrifuge dewatering facility is uniquein both design and operation and will help the Clark County (Nev.) Water Reclamation District meet...
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Difference Maker
On graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School, Jim Pynn wanted a career in which he could do something every day for the...
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Making It Fit
Hikers and bikers on the trail past the newly upgraded Washington (Mo.) Wastewater Treatment Facility probably have no idea about the innovative...
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Bird Watching
Big birds have been regular visitors to the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District’s 52 mgd treatment plant in Millbury, Mass.
The tom...
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Worth Noting - August 2011
People/Awards
Leonard Pompa of the Delta Diablo Sanitation District won the California Water Environment Association Gimmicks & Gadgets State Award for his invention,...
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Wisconsin association sets microbiology training seminar
The Wisconsin Wastewater Operators Association and the organization’s North Central Region are sponsoring a Microbiology Training Seminar Monday, Aug. 22, from 8:30...
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City of Sheboygan treatment plant wins Sustainability Best Practices award
The City of Sheboygan, Wis., has received a prestigious award from the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (GLSLCI) for nearing energy...
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Wisconsin offers wastewater treatment operator apprentice program
The Wisconsin Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (BAS) has developed an apprenticeship program for wastewater treatment operators in the state. Apprenticeships consist of...
