The Athens Utilities Board is in a position where any product marketer would like to be: demand that exceeds supply.
Since 2006, the...
Editorial
There's Never a Surplus of Biosolids Product in Athens, Tennessee. Demand Exceeds Supply
Entries Tagged Clarifier
Editorial
Ditching a Piecemeal Plan in Favor of Comprehensive WWTP Overhaul
Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared.
That’s what happened when the New York village of...
Editorial
Devin Snyder Succeeds With a Skilled Team, Rigorous Maintenance and a Supportive Manager
Devin Snyder didn’t start out as an operator, but as
a maintenance technician at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant in Jackson,...
Videos
How Cross-Trained Employees Streamline Plant Operations
Plant Supervisor Tim Burton takes viewers on a tour of the town of Rocky Mount (Virginia) Wastewater Treatment Plant, which features a...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Wastewater Plant Puts Bluegills to Work in Clarifiers
Entry 245139A wastewater treatment plant in Clarkston, Washington, is putting bluegill to work eating water fleas that took up residence in the...
Editorial
Experience and Cross-Training Make Rocky Mount Team Members Highly Self-Reliant
Staff members at the Rocky Mount (Virginia)wastewater treatment plant don’t mind getting their hands dirty. In fact, that’s a point of pride,...
Editorial
James Dean Constantly Infuses Team Members With a Passion for Continuous Improvement
James Dean may be the Mr. Efficiency of wastewater treatment. As manager of wastewater treatment facilities for North Baldwin Utilities in Bay...
Editorial
Here's How a Florida Treatment Plant Team Deals With Hurricanes and Other Storm Events
Please excuse the staff at the Palm Coast Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 1 for complaining about lousy weather.Hurricane Irma was just the...
Editorial
Life Is Full of Second Chances. Cliff Church Provides a Sterling Example
Sorry, F. Scott Fitzgerald, there are second acts in America. Just ask Cliff Church and his colleagues at the Myrtle Creek Sewage...
Editorial
Constantly Changing Source Water Is No Problem for This Award-Winning Water Treatment Plant
When the Superstition Area Water Plant began operation in June 2016, customers got to choose the name. “The plant sits at the...
White Papers
Control of Drinking Water Clarifiers
Drinking water treatment plants face the ongoing challenge of optimizing the efficiency of their processes to adapt to new water quality regulations....
Clarifiers - Schreiber peripheral drive clarifier
Peripheral drive clarifiers from Schreiber are designed for applications such as stormwater and primary and secondary clarification. The peripheral drive system uses...
Clarifiers - Lakeside Equipment Corporation Spiraflo clarifier
The Spiraflo peripheral-feed, center-takeoff clarifier from Lakeside Equipment Corporation functions with influent entering the periphery of the tank with the flow moving...
Editorial
This Operator's Philosophy is to Make System Changes One at a Time
To Cody Bridgewater, an unexpected change in effluent quality is no cause for hasty action — it’s a time for deliberate steps...
