After a 10-month delay, landfill gas is now flowing through a 19-mile pipeline that runs from Muskego, Wis., to the Jones Island...
Biosolids Articles
Blogs
Peak Phosphorus and the Role of Biosolids
Does the public value its waste and ultimately wastewater? Most people would probably answer that question with a resounding, “no.” But public...
Editorial
Better Way to Feed
The 17-year-old polymer feed system for biosolids at the Northside Wastewater Treatment Plant in Woodstock, Ill., was outdated and parts were no...
Editorial
Into the FOG
The Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Elk Grove, Calif., thrives on partnerships. Among these is a program that treats imported fats,...
Videos
"Excellence, Start to Finish" - Lodi, Calif. - August 2013 TPO Video Profile
A lot has changed since 2007 at the White Slough Water Pollution Control Plant in Lodi, Calif. There’s a new biosolids process,...
Editorial
Going Green with Algae
Research at the wastewater treatment plant in Lawrence, Kan., is demonstrating that algae can remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. Now in...
Online Exclusives
CH2M HILL Partners on $80 Million Contract for Biosolids Upgrades in San Francisco
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, as part of a team with Brown and Caldwell, has been...
Editorial
Excellence, Start to Finish
A lot has changed since 2007 at the White Slough Water Pollution Control Plant in Lodi, Calif. There’s a new biosolids process,...
Editorial
Pumping Up Volume
While most wastewater treatment plants focus on material collected from their own systems, some choose — often for economic reasons — to...
Editorial
Sunflower Power
It is the picture of a sustainable system: nourishing crops with biosolids, converting crops into biodiesel, fueling engines to power a wastewater...
Editorial
A Better Way to Aerate
When an energy audit recommended variable-frequency drives for blowers, team members at the New Ulm (Minn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant weren’t so sure...
Editorial
Working the Land
From a distance, the Harpeth Valley UtilitiesDistrict’s (HVUD) wastewater treatment plant could be mistaken for a farm. That’s because it is a...
Editorial
No Less Than the Best
Costs for landfilling biosolids were escalating, and the staff at Exeter Township (Pa.) Water Quality Control knew it was time for a...
Blogs
A Washington county launches a brand for its biosolids
My first real involvement with the clean-water industry came in 1984, when I helped lead a public participation program for the Milwaukee...















