Education/Training Articles

A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a guide that specifies the exact steps to follow to complete a task – from a...

If Ron Trygar could change one thing about wastewater and drinking water treatment training and certifications, it would be replacing exams that...

If Ron Trygar could change one thing about wastewater and drinking water treatment training and certifications, it would be replacing exams that...

Bill Austin, executive director of the DeSoto County (Miss.) Regional Utility Authority still looms large during tours of the agency’s clean-water plants.An...

Wastewater treatment plants should aim to produce quality effluent without using a treatment aid for process control, and the best way to...

Clean-water operators don’t hesitate to fix a malfunctioning bar screen or repair a clarifier pump. But ask them to talk to a...

When presented with a bushel of lemons, the crew at the Goleta Sanitary District knows just what to do. The district, a...

It has LEED platinum green building certification. Room for 260 guests. A full catering kitchen. A dance floor and excellent audio-visual equipment....

As health food retailers decry the use of biosolids to grow produce, and in some cases refuse to sell such produce, the...

Question: How do you give residents of your community a tour of a clean-water plant you haven’t built yet?Answer: Hold an open...

When operators are faced with licensing exams, they sometimes struggle with test anxiety because they don’t fully understand how to properly study...

First Whole Foods made it a policy not to buy produce grown using biosolids. Now other health food purveyors are falling in...

ACM Facility Safety and the Institute of Hazard Prevention present the Inspire 2014 Conference May 6-8, 2014, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed this week, March 17-23, as Water and Wastewater Operator’s Week. Luke Markko, president of the Fox...