One of the tried and true process control tests of the activated sludge treatment method, the settleability test has become an operator’s...
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Operator Ingenuity Pays Off at Illinois Wastewater Treatment Plant
When the Village of New Lenox, Ill., wastewater treatment facility recently faced a plant expansion, operators quickly realized that it was not...
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Team Dedication Earns Michigan Water Supervisor Public Utility Award
Bari Wrubel, supervisor of the Marysville, Mich., water and wastewater treatment plants, has been named Public Utility Management Professional of the Year...
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Water Purification Demonstration Project Boosts Recycled Water Initiative
The practice of replenishing reservoirs or groundwater basins with highly treated wastewater is not new. Orange County, Calif.; El Paso, Texas; Payson,...
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EPA Awards $560 Million in Funding to Storm-Damaged Wastewater and Drinking Water Facilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will provide grants of $340 million to the state of New York and...
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EPA Awards $560 Million in Funding to Storm-Damaged Wastewater and Drinking Water Facilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will provide grants of $340 million to the state of New York and...
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Plant Tours Change the Face of New Jersey Sewerage Authority
An impetus for changing the face of the Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority (RVSA) in Rahway, N.J., has boosted the frequency of plant...
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Drought Defeated
You’d think the Harlingen WaterWorks System (HWWS) would be sweating bullets over the severe drought the south Texas city of 80,000 has...
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New York City to be recognized with water utility employee safety award by AWWA
New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Carter Strickland announced the city will receive the 2013 Wendell R. LaDue Utility...
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WaterRF report provides tools to help water utilities measure and manage energy consumption
As part of its ongoing focus to help water utilities reduce energy consumption and improve sustainability, the Water Research Foundation (WaterRF) has...










