Wastewater professionals go by many titles: plant manager, chief operator, environmental coordinator. But “bug farmer”?
That’s how Tom Pfiester, wastewater division manager of...
Editorial
Bug-Driven Performance
Entries Tagged Bar Screen
Videos
Natchez, Miss. - Treatment Plant Operator Video - Nov 2011
Sponsored by Parkson.
Links mentioned in the video:
Parkson Automatic Bar Screen
Parkson THERMO-SYSTEM Solar Sludge Dryer
Ovivo Carrousel surface aerator
SRS Crisafulli FLUMP dredge
BDP Industries 2VP...
Editorial
Super Achiever
It’s something to be proud of when a plant wins an award. But when it wins that award year after year, that’s...
Editorial
The Ultimate Recycling
Nutrients removed from municipal wastewater in Oregon are helping to restore the salmon fishery in British Columbia. It’s a novel arrangement built...
Videos
Washington County, Missouri - TPO Video Profile - August 2011
A 2009 upgrade brings new and different secondary treatment and solids processing systems to a treatment plant in Missouri. Featuring the Grit...
Editorial
Case Studies: Headworks/Biosolids
Improved capacity and space savings
Problem
The 3.15 mgd (design) treatment plant in Marseilles, Ill., averaged 1.25 mgd and produced 55 dry tons of...
Editorial
Making It Fit
Hikers and bikers on the trail past the newly upgraded Washington (Mo.) Wastewater Treatment Facility probably have no idea about the innovative...
Editorial
Acing it in Oklahoma
The Coffee Creek Wastewater Treatment plant in Edmond, Okla., has had near-perfect compliance in 38 years and has won several awards, most...
Editorial
Turning the Corner
In barely 10 years, the Tarpon Springs (Fla.) Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility has gone from “the little plant that couldn’t” to “...
Editorial
Done Just Right
Almost everything about the Stewartstown Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant speaks to its diminutive size. Though located on 20+ acres, the plant itself...
Editorial
Case Studies
Bar screen lowers maintenance costs
Problem
The Camrosa Water Reclamation Facility in Camarillo, Calif., recycles 1.5 mgd for irrigation, but the mechanical bar screen...
Editorial
Ingenuity Saves
Back in 1861, two surveyors camping in the wilderness of what is now Huron County, Mich., found a badly damaged axe. The...
Editorial
Creating a Jewel
Jim Stewart credits his mother for getting him started in the wastewater treatment field. His career has spanned 30 years, first in...
Editorial
Homegrown Innovation
The expanded biological nutrient removal process at the Algonquin (Ill.) Wastewater Treatment Facility is as chemical-free as possible. Credit goes to the...
