The Park City (Utah) Public Utilities Department invested in leak detection in 2018 and 2019, and it is paying off in a...
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A Utah City's Leak Detection Program Earns Rapid Payback and a Smart 50 Award
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This Vermont Professional Brings a Special Level of Devotion to His Career and Communities
With all his experience, Peter Krolczyk could have become a supervisor or a top-level technician for a large clean-water plant or for...
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Education and Certification Led to Career Advancement for Bob Davis When Preparation Met Opportunity
At the ripe old age of 19, Bob Davis answered a help wanted newspaper ad from the International Paper research center in...
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Award-Winning Filter Plant Overcomes Raw Water Supply Challenges
Birmingham and its Alabama surroundings are home to more than half a million people. One of the plants supplying them with water...
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For the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility, Resource Recovery Is a Way of Life
Wastewater process diagrams from the 1990s typically showed an arrow in the lower right corner pointing off the page into space, typically...
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Leveling Out Demand Was the Key to Putting This Florida Water Plant and Distribution System on Track
When the City of Leesburg in Florida took over a water plant serving a large subdivision, it inherited a facility that did...
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Dale Clark and His Team Achieved $22,000 in Annual Energy Savings for Only a Tiny Investment
Saving energy in clean-water plants often starts with the efficient use of air.
Dale Clark and his team at the lagoon-based clean-water facility...
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Welder. Operator. Designer. Consultant. Tim Wilkey Took a Winding Career Path Before Returning Home.
Tim Wilkey started his work life as a welder. Now toward the end of it, he’s superintendent of the Wastewater Division in...
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The Great Lakes Water Authority's Newest Water Plant Rises From the Bones of the Oldest One
The newest of the Great Lakes Water Authority’s five water treatment plants operates in the oldest building. It is also the latest...
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The Award-Winning Energy-Saving Program Didn't Rely on Any New Technology
An equipment failure led the staff at the Somersworth (New Hampshire) Wastewater Treatment Facility to make what they thought was a temporary...
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Worth Noting - April 2020
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Lynn Miller was hired as superintendent of the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Alexander City, Alabama.
Clint Baze was hired as...
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Diana Heimbach Started Her Wastewater Career by Working in the Laboratory. Now She's a Project Manager.
If Diana Heimbach needs a break from work, she can always head out to her parents’ farm and tend the dairy goats.
But...
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Brian McDade Has a Passion for Water Treatment and a Calling to Help Others
The water business was an accident for Brian McDade.
“For most of my life, I wanted to obtain a psychology degree,” says McDade,...
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A California District Partners With Other Utilities to Meet All of Its Customers’ Irrigation Needs
In a part of the country where freshwater supplies are often scarce, the Olivenhain (California) Municipal Water District is doing its part.
The...
