People/AwardsThe Birmingham (Alabama) Water Works Board had three women engineers on its staff earn doctorate degrees. Engineers April Nabors and Jaquice Boyd,...
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Worth Noting - October 2020
Entries Tagged American Water Works Association (AWWA)
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Worth Noting - September 2020
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The Palm Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility, operated by Veolia North America, received the 2019 small wastewater plant award for safety from the...
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For Ted Meckes, the Career Was Not About Larger Communities, Bigger Plants or Higher-Powered Jobs
When Ted Meckes graduated from college, he found a job with the water utility in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois.
He never left...
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National Survey Shows High Confidence in U.S. Tap Water
Four in five Americans (77%) served by a water utility say the quality of their tap water is excellent or good, although...
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Worth Noting - August 2020
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Naperville’s Springbrook Water Reclamation Center received the 2019 Group One Best Operated Wastewater Treatment Works Award from the Illinois Association of Water...
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EPA? BOD? WWTP? MLSS? Where Do We Draw the Line on Acronyms?
Acronyms are funny things. On one side, they’re a useful shorthand: Writing BOD beats writing “biochemical oxygen demand” every time that parameter...
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A Florida Water Plant Team Racks Up Awards for Success in Taking on a New Technology
When the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, decided to build its own water treatment plant, it selected reverse osmosis.
The city had purchased...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Tests Reveal COVID-19 Was in Italy in December
Entry 243361After examining 40 wastewater samples that were previously collected between October 2019 and February 2020, researchers have determined COVID-19 was already...
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Worth Noting - July 2020
People/AwardsBartow County, Georgia, earned a WaterFirst designation. The program is a voluntary partnership between local governments, state agencies and other organizations that...
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Worth Noting - June 2020
People/AwardsThe Newport (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility, Cranston (Rhode Island) Wastewater Treatment Facility, and Presque Isle (Maine) Utilities District received 2019 Regional...
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This High Desert City Proves That the Right Landscape Can Be Beautiful and Save Water
Despite receiving just 15 inches of precipitation each year, the Colorado city of Greeley has found a way to promote gardening to...
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When a Life of Fishing, Hunting and Travel Wasn't Enough, This Man Found New Energy in a Second Career
A lot of people dream of retirement days spent fishing, hunting and traveling. Doug Heistand did, too — until he grew bored.
After four...
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To This Mississippi Water Operator, the Career Is an Exercise in Constant Learning
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more humble water treatment professional than Terence Byrd.
As operations supervisor at the J.H. Fewell Water Treatment...
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Virtual Event Brings Water Sector Together for Water Week Advocacy Work
April 27 marked the beginning of Water Week 2020, as thousands of representatives from across the water sector — including wastewater, drinking...
