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Entries Tagged Alabama

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She Dreamed of Nursing People. Now She Nurses Filters.

A career in water treatment resonated for Brittany Reynolds. Now she treasures the ability to introduce others to a rewarding profession.
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News Briefs: Young Girl Survives 7 Hours in Sewers During China Floods

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, an Alabama man narrowly survives being sucked into a drainage pipe during a torrential rainstorm
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A Mantra of Success: Lead by Example, Support the Team

From operators to maintenance specialists, everyone on the Dry Creek treatment plant team takes ownership of facility appearance and performance
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News Briefs: Water Groups Challenge New PFAS Rule

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Utah’s reservoir system has surged to its highest capacity in 13 years, reaching 92% as the state concludes its spring snowmelt season
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Mixed Results: Creative Battle Against the Sea

Saltwater intrusion is a fact of life on Alabama’s Dauphin Island. Blending of water from different wells is the key to suitable quality source water.
Need to Find New People? Here Are Some Ways to Recruit the Best

Need to Find New People? Here Are Some Ways to Recruit the Best

NACWA Workforce Development Award winners highlight innovative and effective ways to recruit, train and retain a new generation of clean-water professionals.
News Briefs: Hawaii Hiker Finds Stream That Smells of Beer and Tests at 1.2% ABV

News Briefs: Hawaii Hiker Finds Stream That Smells of Beer and Tests at 1.2% ABV

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a city worker in Honolulu dies after being trapped in a tank at a Honolulu wastewater treatment facility
News Briefs: Former Kansas Operator Faces Prison for Remotely Tampering With Disinfection

News Briefs: Former Kansas Operator Faces Prison for Remotely Tampering With Disinfection

Also in this week's sewer and water news, researchers are working to track the release of nutrients into Tampa Bay after a recent incident at a phosphate processing plant reservoir in Piney Point, Florida
News Briefs: Pennsylvania WWTP Finds Digester Leak as Building Partially Collapses

News Briefs: Pennsylvania WWTP Finds Digester Leak as Building Partially Collapses

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, lawmakers introduce legislation to curb cyberattacks against critical infrastructure
News Briefs: Investigators Find Illegal Winery in Alabama WWTP

News Briefs: Investigators Find Illegal Winery in Alabama WWTP

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a wastewater treatment plant operator in Wisconsin is convicted of data falsification
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Three Women Engineers on Birmingham Water Works Staff Help Utility Reach Milestone

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Award-Winning Filter Plant Overcomes Raw Water Supply Challenges

Good was never good enough for the team at Birmingham’s Western Filter Plant. Aiming high has brought a string of awards.
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Trickling Filter Flies Get the Bum's Rush at an Alabama Facility

Operators use mechanical ingenuity and science to overcome the annual infestation of trickling filter flies at an Alabama plant.
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The Alabama City of Prattville Spared No Effort in a Treatment Facility and Biosolids Program Upgrade

An Alabama team pulled out all the stops with a complete upgrade of a clean-water facility that includes a lime stabilization process yielding Class A biosolids.