It didn’t take long for Scott Millholland to choose his life’s work.
It happened not long after he joined the team at the...
Editorial
A Kansas Operator Has a Simple Purpose: Treating Wastewater to the Best of His Ability
Education/Training Articles
Editorial
Growing Up in a Drought-Plagued Region Helped Propel Lydia Teel Into a Water Career
Lydia Teel has a special place in her heart for water resources.
Growing up in northern Nevada, where constant drought made being water wise...
Online Exclusives
Industry News: December 2021
Liberty Pumps holds groundbreaking at new centerLiberty Pumps hosted a groundbreaking celebration at the site of its materials center in Bergen, New...
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Exam Study Guide: Volatile Solids Calculations and Bacteriological Sampling
Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...
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Exam Study Guide: Types of Blowers and Evaluating Water Quality
Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...
Editorial
Exam Study Guide - December 2021
WASTEWATER
By Rick Lallish
When conducting a sludge settleometer test, what does the first 5 minutes of the test indicate?
A. Presence of filaments
B. Particle collision...
Editorial
A Third-Generation Operator Reflects on His Career — and Looks Forward to Generation Four
Wastewater treatment is a relatively new profession that began in earnest with the Clean Water Act of 1972.
This means there are few...
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What To Do If You See Racism In Your Workplace
Entry 242405Speaking up against racism in the workplace is fraught with risk. Yet saying nothing at all only ensures that problems will...
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Exam Study Guide: Belt Filter Press Alignment and Hardness Concentration Conversions
Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...
Editorial
Exam Study Guide - November 2021
Licensing exams can be challenging. Our Exam Study Guide helps you prepare by presenting questions similar to those on an actual exam. You can...
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Exam Study Guide: Anaerobic Digester Classifications and Water Hardness Calculations
Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time, we...
Editorial
There's a Lesson in the Raw Emotions That Emerge in Diversity Group Sessions
“Why are they so angry?”
That was my first thought while taking part in a two-day corporate diversity workshop at the electric utility where...
Editorial
Alfa Laval Press Gives Operators More Control of Dewatering and Enables Greater Throughput
Effective dewatering is important to biosolids management. Drier cake reduces volume and helps cut the cost of hauling to a land application site...
Editorial
A Sensitive Nose Becomes a Key Technology for Sniffing Out Water Leaks
Officials at Central Arkansas Water decided in 2019 to get serious about leak detection. So they bought a dog.
“Dogs can identify lots...
