Bugs Articles

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Trickling Filter Flies Get the Bum's Rush at an Alabama Facility

Operators use mechanical ingenuity and science to overcome the annual infestation of trickling filter flies at an Alabama plant.

January 16, 2020

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Superbugs Study Findings Could Impact U.S. Treatment Plants

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On a Mission

The team in Norman, Okla., thrives on communicatIon, shared responsibilIty, and a clear, simple goal to deliver safe water at low cost to the community.

August 17, 2012

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Where Have All the Solids Gone?

Tiny, short-lived flying insects created a serious process problem at a small package-type activated sludge treatment plant

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Bug-Driven Performance

Close attention to microbiology helps the Big Coppitt reclamation plant continuously meet stringent water reuse standards in the Florida Keys

December 15, 2011

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The Work Is the Reward

Awards earned by Linda Barrier and her team at Rock Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant came from attention to detail — right down to the bugs

December 15, 2011