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Dodge City’s South Wastewater Treatment Plant in southwest Kansas was built for zero stream discharge because even back in the 1980s, city...

Jimmy D. Eckman calls it an operation that almost runs on cruise control. In reality, the drinking water system in Meridian, Mississippi, succeeds...

At first glance, Chris Gohman’s career looks pretty typical. He supervises the water plant where he started working, collected the 2019 Drinking...

Jane Leatherland worked in labs for most of her professional career. But when the chance came to take over operations of the...

The City of Silverton, Oregon, was planning a constructed wetland to solve a stream thermal overload problem involving its Schemmel Lane Wastewater...

People/Awards The Orange County (California) Sanitation District’s Newhope-Placentia Trunk Sewer Replacement Project was named Wastewater Treatment Project of the Year by the American...

Rebecca Burke — one of the winners of the 2019 National Association of Wastewater Technicians Hapchuk Scholarships — has seen a decade...

The abstract mural on the East Area Water Tank in the California city of Davis is much more than a painting. It...

People/Awards Nancy Hausrath was hired as utilities director for the City of Hagerstown, Maryland. Brandon Kelly was hired as director of the Department...

An annual fall open house at the Water Reclamation Center in Carol Stream, Illinois, has been a popular attraction for the past...

If you had to pick one word to describe the South Valley Water Reclamation Facility, that word would be “excellence.” This 50 mgd...

Ben Riles bends over a pot of steaming noodles in his kitchen. He stirs in some Cajun seasoning, then turns to another...

In this online exclusive video, laboratory technician Rodney Spires of the Hannibal (Missouri) Wastewater Treatment Plant explains the functions of an oil...

The Orem, Utah, biosolids operation enjoys the best of both worlds — maybe the best of many. The treatment plant’s old but well-maintained...