What is one of the first things you see and hear in a community parade? It’s the fire engine rolling down Main...
Education/Training Articles
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Crediting those who keep working when it’s cold
We’ve all seen the images in the paper and on tV: The firefighters, icicles hanging from their hats, after battling a blaze...
Online Exclusives
CA-NV Section AWWA Partners Offer Free Chromium 6 Workshops
In anticipation of California’s pending drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium [also known as chromium 6 or Cr(VI)], the CA-NV Section of...
Online Exclusives
CA-NV Section AWWA Partners Offer Free Chromium 6 Workshops
In anticipation of California’s pending drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium [also known as chromium 6 or Cr(VI)], the CA-NV Section of...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Making the Case
When it’s time to renovate the firehouse or buy a couple of new fire trucks, the fire chief is always there with...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Two ways to reach out
Two clean-water agencies on opposite sides of the country recently reached out to their publics – for the same basic purpose but...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Public education ideas of the year
In keeping with the common practice of creating Top Ten lists at year’s end, here are 10 ideas taken from The Fire...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Another perspective on names
TPO has suggested calling wastewater treatment plants by a different name (such as “clean water plant”). Organizations such as the National Rural...
Editorial
Virtual Reality
As a trainer for the Ministry of the Environment’s mandatory certification renewal courses, the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) in Toronto developed...
Editorial
Water Scholars
Fifth-graders in Springfield, Ore., are the youngest allowed to tour the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission wastewater treatment plant, but Rachael Chilton says...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: When Life Gives You Lemons...
When it comes to keeping its publics informed, the Goleta (Calif.) Sanitary District doesn’t stand still. Its staff each year grabs an...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: When solar power is about more than energy
About 740 photovoltaic panels are being installed at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant in Howard County, Md. – but the reason...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Pure As the Driven Snow?
What is treatment plant effluent good for? Replenishing groundwater. Irrigating lawns and landscapes. And now, making snow for ski trails.The Morning Call...
Online Exclusives
Clean-Water Conference Makes a Splash
The Water Partners of Tacoma, Wash., hosted its 2nd annual Wellspring Conference in October, at the University of Washington-Tacoma. Speakers and attendees...








