Most days are pretty smooth in the laboratory where Heidi Birdsell works.
But if a test of a wastewater sample plant indicates something...
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Driving Excellence With Test Tubes, Instruments and Microbiology
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Stormwater: Looking Beyond and Recognizing Innovators
A top attraction for the kids in my old neighborhood was a storm sewer that ran one block down 42nd Street and...
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At Billings, Not Trial and Error; Trial and Success
It’s three in the morning — low-flow time.
You’re at the Billings Wastewater Reclamation Facility, a 40 mgd (design) plant undergoing a major...
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This Lab Analyst Rises While Helping Elevate Others
Candice Kucera has learned a lot about water and wastewater treatment in just four years with the city of Cedar Rapids. Now...
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Breaking Bad Habits to Enhance Sewer Performance
Inland Empire Utilities Agency saw an increase in sewer system debris during the COVID pandemic.
Residents flushed napkins, wipes, tissues, paper towels and...
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What Really Treats Wastewater? (It’s Not the Bugs or the Machines.)
In the end, it’s not the bugs or the plant machinery that clean wastewater. It’s the people.
Jeremy Thompson approaches his job with...
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To Fulfill a Need in the Community, He Became the Water Guy
Two facts stand out about Ben Shafer.
First, he’s the man in charge of three rural drinking water systems and recently won the...
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Hard Work, Effective Training Propel This New Hampshire Operator’s Career
Sometimes the greatest career opportunities are seized for reasons that have nothing to do with personal ambition.
A prime example is the career...
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A Mantra of Success: Lead by Example, Support the Team
At the Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, every team member has a building.
That is, each operator is responsible for keeping a building...
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A Minnesota Utility Celebrates Its History While Protecting the Present
Joel Adelman is the water and wastewater supervisor in a small town where the water utility is a big deal.
Most water and...
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Renovations Set This Plant Up for Years of Excellence
In September 2020, the Oneida Sewage Treatment Plant experienced an upset leading to a discharge that turned the water black in the...
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In Fargo: Award for Good Taste. Reputation for Quality.
Want tap water that tastes really great? Then go to Fargo.
For two years in a row, 2022 and 2023, the output from...
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An Older Plant Delivers Modern Performance in New Port Richey
Dedication comes naturally for the team at the William C. Maytum Water Treatment Plant in New Port Richey.
Serving 35,000 residents in the...
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The Plant Team in Merritt, B.C., Thrives on Preparedness
The British Columbia City of Merritt lies about three hours northeast of Vancouver sits in a valley at the confluence of the...
