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 - July 2020
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In Need of a New Generation of Operators, a Midwest Agency Looks to Young People
The Great Lakes Water Authority’s three apprenticeship programs in Michigan are helping to resist the wave of retirements sweeping the industry.The initiative...
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A Water Tower Memorializes an Iconic Story in Children's Literature and Popular Culture
“Come, Dorothy!” cried the Wizard. “Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away.”
That memorable line, one of many from the venerable story...
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A Little Sand Means a Lot of Treatment for This Arizona Clean-Water Plant
Surface water is a primary drinking water source for the Arizona Town of Gilbert, which has two water treatment facilities.As the population...
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Quality Staff Begets Quality Performance at Wisconsin Clean-Water Plant
The Racine (Wisconsin) Wastewater Treatment Plant has occupied a 21-acre site on the west shore of Lake Michigan since 1937. Plant leaders...
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Ed Hayner Started Out Just Trying to Make a Living. He Ended Up With a Clean-Water Career and a Life of Service.
Ed Hayner is committed to service.He sees his role as plant manager at the Aquia Wastewater Treatment Plant in Virginia as providing...
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End-to-End Recycling Initiative Is the Pride of Reclamation Facility in Semiarid New Mexico
The Ogallala Aquifer is an essential source of water for America’s breadbasket in the west-central high plains. It is being drawn down...
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Water-Wise Wednesdays, Splash Into Spring: Just Two of This District's Outreach Initiatives
Water-Wise Wednesdays. Succulent Sundays. Splash into Spring.
These are a few of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s outreach programs that won awards...
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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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Nothing Goes to Waste at the Southwest Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in Polk County, Florida
Millions flock to the Sunshine State each year for exactly that: the plentiful sunshine.
But those sun rays are not so popular at...
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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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Worth Noting - May 2020
People/AwardsThe City of Round Rock, Texas, named its newly opened utilities and transportation administration building for Bob Bennett, who began his career...
