In the western Oregon cities of Springfield and Eugene, a successful program provides land-applied biosolids to local farmers, mainly for growing grasses. But...
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Exam Study Guide: Bar Screen Knowledge
When operators are faced with licensing exams, they sometimes struggle with test anxiety because they don’t understand how to study and prepare...
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Same Treatment Quality, Less Energy
When most flow comes from just two industrial sources, a wastewater treatment plant has to be ready to respond to changes in...
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"Young and Growing" - Big Bear California - April 2014 TPO Video Profile
With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...
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Young And Growing
With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...
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Innovation In BNR
Without chemicals and without filtration, the 12 mgd design/8 mgd average wastewater treatment plant in Missoula, Mont., reliably reduces effluent phosphorus to...
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Can't Be Stopped
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority commissioners took a beating from the public when they approved a $170 million clean-water plant upgrade, finished...
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Treatment in Depth
The mountains, forests and clear waters of Kachemak Bay make Homer a favorite spot for Alaska’s summer tourists. Year-round residents enjoy those...
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All In for the Hometown
Maybe John McCool would rather have an automated bar screen scraper instead of having to rake the screen three times a day....
New Technology Slated for WEFTEC 2013 (PART 1)
WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation’s annual technical exhibition and conference, provides wastewater and water professionals from around the world with quality education...
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"Ready to Grow" - Southampton County, Va. - July 2013 TPO Video Profile
Operators at the Courtland Wastewater Reclamation Facility had a lot to learn when their brand new five-stage Bardenpho plant started up in...
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Attitude of Excellence
To Justin Metz, something in Fort Knox is more valuable than the material stored in the United States Bullion Depository nearby. That’s...
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Control by Observation
Operators at the City of Corning (N.Y.) WastewaterTreatment Plant knew the advantages of visually monitoring biomass growth in their submerged rotating biological...
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From biosolids injection to cake production: A small utility’s recipe for the future
What does a community do when its liquid biosolids handling equipment breaks down to the point of no repair? If you are...

















