Editor's Note: This article is part a biosolids profile in the September 2015 issue of Treatment Plant Operator. Not a subscriber? Take care of...
Entries Tagged Biosolids Application
Editorial
Success in Residuals Programs Requires Knowledge of the Market
Lise LeBlanc started a consulting career 18 years ago, helping farmers in Canada’s Atlantic provinces develop crop management programs.Along the way, she...
Blogs
To Market, To Market to Sell A Biosolids Program
Truck it to farm fields. Ship it to composters and blenders. Fertilize trees. Bag it up for sale at the garden store....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Chrysler Worker Dies at Wastewater Treatment Plant
An employee at an FCA US plant in Detroit died this week while preforming maintenance operations at the facility’s onsite wastewater treatment plant....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: U.S. Government Lowers Fluoride Recommendation
The Department of Health and Human Services has lowered its fluoride suggestions, recommending that public tap water not exceed .7 ppm. Previous...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Treatment Plant Floods After Water Main Breaks
Cleanup is underway at the West Jefferson Treatment Plant in Detroit, where a 16-inch water main break caused flooding inside the facility....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Beer to the Rescue! Brewing Company To Aid Treatment Plant
A brewing company in Boulder, Colo., could partner with the local wastewater treatment plant as part of the city’s Nitrogen Upgrades Project....
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Mothballed Plant Could Become Wastewater University
A mothballed water treatment plant, once operated by Maine’s Greater Augusta Utility District, could become the site of a unique hands-on water...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Diabetes Drug Discovered Near Lake Michigan Treatment Plants
Researchers with the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have found elevated levels of metformin, a diabetes treatment drug,...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Bill Gates Demonstrates Value of Water Reuse
In a new video posted to his blog, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates brings awareness to water reuse, clean drinking water...
Online Exclusives
Biosolids Challenge: What's In a Name?
Ron Adams, the Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Wastewater Treatment Plant supervisor, wants his customers involved in what he does. He wants them to understand...
Online Exclusives
Victory! Washington Court Upholds Biosolids Application
Biosolids earned a legal victory this month when the Washington Court of Appeals struck down a Wahkiakum County ban on the land...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: EPA Announces Intent to Regulate Strontium in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a preliminary decision to regulate strontium — a naturally occurring element — in the nation’s...
Editorial
The Asheboro Team Meets New Nitrogen Limits Without A Costly Plant Upgrade
Mike Wiseman and his operations team knew they would face a total nitrogen limit in their new permit, due in 2016.So, instead...
















