In the early 1980s, Georgia’s Henry County was a rural place with about 35,000 residents. Today, it’s part of the Atlanta metropolitan...
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Henry County Kids Go Outdoors to Learn About Watersheds, Water Quality and Water Conservation
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Ditching a Piecemeal Plan in Favor of Comprehensive WWTP Overhaul
Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared.
That’s what happened when the New York village of...
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Herlon J. Fayard Jr. Succeeds With Effective Training, Personal Conviction and People-Oriented Management
Herlon J. Fayard Jr. was the new kid on the block when he became supervisor of the Shoal Creek Water Reclamation Facility...
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Devin Snyder Succeeds With a Skilled Team, Rigorous Maintenance and a Supportive Manager
Devin Snyder didn’t start out as an operator, but as
a maintenance technician at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jackson,...
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Jeff Pippel Relies on Plain-Spoken Management and a Mentoring Focus to Build an Award-Winning Career
Dependable. Dedicated. Easy-
going. Awesome. Those are some labels executives and direct-reports apply to Jeff Pippel, operations manager for Jefferson Utilities, which operates...
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Rooftop Plantings, Storm Drain Painting and Residential Rain Barrels Help Control Runoff in Richmond
The green roofs on two buildings at the Richmond wastewater treatment plant are an important part of the city’s water quality improvement...
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Meticulous Care From an Experienced Operator Family Keeps These Alabama Plants Spotless and Effluent Sparkling
The effluent from SouthWest Water’s two main wastewater treatment plants in Alabama consistently meets permits that include a 0.2 mg/L phosphorus limit.
That’s...
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Jim Boyer Brings 30 Years’ Experience in Coaching, Teaching and Mentoring to His Role as Utility Superintendent
Jim Boyer learned about empathy at an early age. After his father became disabled from a serious accident, his mother ran the...
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Prestonsburg Water Plant Team Members Deal With an Expansive Territory and Variable Source Water
The eastern Kentucky city of Prestonsburg sits in a valley of the Appalachian foothills, and from there, the water utility’s pipes stretch...
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A New York Plant Adopts Reuse and Eliminates the Pumping of 100 Million Gallons of Groundwater Annually
A wastewater reuse project that took 14 years of planning is winning big environmental awards for the Riverhead Sewer District on Long...
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Creative Paintings Turn Water Towers Into Landmarks in a Florida Beachfront City
Two elevated water tanks in Florida’s Panhandle don’t just hold water, they are also award winners, considered tributes to the city of...
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Worth Noting - May 2018
People/Awards
The city of Rocky Mount Tar River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant received the 2017 Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award for the Eastern...
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An Oregon City Saves $55 Million With a Natural Approach to Wastewater Treatment
Faced with borrowing $62 million for a new wastewater treatment plant, the city of Prineville, Oregon, wanted an alternative.
Community leaders found it...
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James Dean Constantly Infuses Team Members With a Passion for Continuous Improvement
James Dean may be the Mr. Efficiency of wastewater treatment. As manager of wastewater treatment facilities for North Baldwin Utilities in Bay...
