“From where I live in McMurray, I could see the fire bombers from our backyard, but I didn’t think twice about it.”That’s...
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News Briefs: Suspected Drowning at Plant Attributed to Heart Attack
Although first considered a drowning accident at a Baton Rouge (Louisiana) wastewater treatment plant, an autopsy revealed that 57-year-old plant worker Michael...
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Environmental Operators Certification Program Hires Executive Director
The Environmental Operators Certification Program, which certifies water and wastewater operators and classifies facilities in British Columbia and Yukon, has hired Kalpna Solanki...
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Happy Birthday! Environmental Operators Certification Program Turns 50
The Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP), a member-based organization involved in the certification of operators and the classification of facilities to improve the management of water...
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Remote Control: How Peer-to-Peer Operator Training Reduces CEU Expense
In British Columbia, Canada, operators are required to complete 2.4 continuing education units (CEU) every two years to maintain certification, which equates...
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News Briefs: Operators Stay Behind as Canadian Wildfire Threatens Plant
The massive Canadian wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta, that burned more than 565,000 acres this past week forced the city to implement...
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The Canadian Invasion: Moving Water Technology Northward
From our Georgia home base, we have easy access to all of the United States, which is where most of our projects have been...
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Canada and US Adopt Phosphorus Reduction Goals to Protect Lake Erie
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna announced that Canada and the U.S....
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Get the Scoop on Low-Temperature Thermal Hydrolysis
Sometimes clean-water plants don’t care to be the first in their area to install a new technology. That’s not the case in...
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News Briefs: Body Found Near Yutan Wastewater Plant
The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office in Yutan, Nebraska, recovered a body from a lagoon at the Yutan Wastewater Treatment Plant on Thursday,...
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#TourDePoop: The Great Canadian Wastewater Bicycle Tour
It started with a hug but has grown into a quest.Natasha Niznik, an engineering technologist for Toronto Water (Ontario) is in the...
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Biosolids Everywhere! Metro Vancouver Embraces Integrated Resource Recovery
Biosolids from wastewater treatment plants at Metro Vancouver are put to use just about everywhere nearby.From cover material at landfills, to fertilizer on...
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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...
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Building Better Bugs: Canadian Facility Studies Biological Nutrient Removal
Research performed at a wastewater treatment facility in Calgary, Canada, might one day help develop better processes for removing contaminants, save billions...


















