When the wastewater treatment plant crew in North Cary, North Carolina, set its sights on the Partnership for Clean Water Director’s Award,...
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Why Cultivating an Optimization Mindset Is Vital to Treatment Success
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WRF Announces Awards for Achievements in the Water Sector at ACE19
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) announced it has awarded the 2019 Dr. Pankaj Parekh Research Innovation Award to Dr. Karl Linden, Mortenson...
Editorial
One Professional’s Devotion to Training Helps Water Operators Earn New Levels of Certification
Like many people in the world of water, Joe Cribbs didn’t come into the field straight out of high school. In fact,...
Editorial
A City on the Pacific Coast Rejects a Regional Approach for a Community-Based Initiative to Phase Out Septic Systems
Property owners in the coastal California city of Malibu preferred a local wastewater treatment solution to a regional approach. The choice is...
Editorial
A Wisconsin Operator Looks Beyond Treatment Quality Today Toward Excellence for the Future
Matt Seib goes to work each day focused not just on the quality of effluent leaving the Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant,...
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Worth Noting - July 2019
People/Awards
Larry Polfliet, assistant superintendent for the wastewater treatment collections system in Marshall, Minnesota, was named 2018 Employee of the Year. The Hollister Water...
Videos
Dedicated Staff Contributes to Award-Winning Operations at Kentucky Plant
Take a look at footage of the Pirtle Spring Water Treatment Plant in Hardin County, Kentucky, as supervisor Chris Gohman talks about...
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State Winners Announced for U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize
The Water Environment Federation has announced that 53 high-school students have been selected as 2019 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior...
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Godfather of Constructed Wetlands Awarded for His Achievements
Entry 244309You may not have heard the name Robert Gearheart, but it’s not for lack of achievement. He’s been too busy providing...
Editorial
A Zero-Stream-Discharge Treatment Plant Now Produces Pipeline-Quality Methane From Its Biosolids
Dodge City’s South Wastewater Treatment Plant in southwest Kansas was built for zero stream discharge because even back in the 1980s, city...
Editorial
A Mississippi System Succeeds With a Quality Team Paying Constant Attention to Detail
Jimmy D. Eckman calls it an operation that almost runs on cruise control.
In reality, the drinking water system in Meridian, Mississippi, succeeds...
Editorial
A Kentucky Operator Represents a New Generation in the Water Treatment Leadership
At first glance, Chris Gohman’s career looks pretty typical. He supervises the water plant where he started working, collected the 2019 Drinking...
Editorial
From the Lab to the Treatment Process: A Longtime Professional Makes a Successful Transition
Jane Leatherland worked in labs for most of her professional career. But when the chance came to take over operations of the...
Editorial
Landscape With a Purpose: Effective Treatment and Botanical Beauty
The City of Silverton, Oregon, was planning a constructed wetland to solve a stream thermal overload problem involving its Schemmel Lane Wastewater...
