The Protective & Marine Coatings division of The Sherwin-Williams Company is now accepting entry submissions for its annual Impact Award, which recognizes...
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Plants Are Part of the Process in This British Columbia Community's LEED Gold Facility
The Water Resource Centre in Sechelt has a small footprint but a big impact on its British Columbia coastal city, known for...
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He Started Out Fixing Pickup Trucks and Other Machines. Now He Fixes Water in a Diverse Career in His Home State.
What do you do with a guy who fixes old pickup trucks for fun? Send him to engineering school, of course.
Eli Jennings,...
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The Source of Shelbyville's Energy Efficiency? The Energy of Leadership and Staff.
Thanks to the energy of management and staff, the Shelbyville (Indiana) Water Resource Recovery Facility has significantly reduced its energy use.
“Our people...
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Skiing Visitors Bring Peaks and Valleys in Flow for the Clean-Water Plant in the Resort Community of Ludlow
The Village of Ludlow is home to about 2,500 Vermonters. Its clean-water plant often treats wastewater from up to 25,000 people.
That’s because...
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Worth Noting - October 2020
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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WEF Honors Excellence in Water Infrastructure Operation and Design
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced the 2020 WEF Awards recipients for operational and design excellence. These awards recognize individuals and...
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Worth Noting - September 2020
People/Awards
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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Paso Robles Bet Big on Sustainability and Won Significant Rewards
Paso Robles, California, made a plan in 2013 to go to tertiary wastewater and then recycling, but the city didn’t intend to...
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An Engineering Background Put Heather Phillips in a Good Place To Be a Resource for Plant Operations
Heather Phillips has seen the clean-water business from two key perspectives.
She started her career with a major engineering consultancy. A dozen years...
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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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Industry News - August 2020
Grundfos’ Swetye added to board of Hydraulic InstituteGrundfos announced the appointment of Jim Swetye, technical training manager, to serve on the board...
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A Texas Operator Turned a Love of a Sport Into a Home Run of a Professional Life
As a youngster, Lance Phillips played baseball at W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas. Like many boys, he dreamed of playing in...
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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...















