Education/Training Articles

We often see firefighters involved in charity events. Why not clean-water operators? Here’s an activity many clean-water plant could replicate.The Northwest Herald...

According to The Atlantic magazine, your profession is more significant than: · The lever and the nail. · Television and radio. · The automobile and...

In June, global water consulting engineering firm Black & Veatch released its second annual report highlighting the top 10 concerns for the...

Reputation building is just one of the topics on Brett Ward’s mind. As a utility operations consultant in Tennessee, he knows that...

Reputation building is just one of the topics on Brett Ward’s mind. As a utility operations consultant in Tennessee, he knows that...

I used to live in a beautiful Lake Michigan community. Every summer they have an art fair on the sidewalk that follows...

Creepy, crawly, spooky. These words spell Halloween. But have you ever considered tying the theme into your wastewater treatment plant tours?The team...

The City of Tacoma, Wash., continues to prove themselves as a global leader in clean wastewater technology, through cutting-edge chemical and biological...

I hope you’ve been enjoying the Fire Chief Project Idea of the Month in recent issues of TPO. There we highlight operators...

Mary Alfonso believes water and wastewater are the “silent utilities” in most communities, largely unnoticed and not appreciated until something goes wrong.As...

When school lets out for the summer in the Pittsburgh area, parents who think education shouldn’t be shelved until fall have a...

Fire departments do special things for kids at Halloween. Until now I’ve never heard of a clean-water plant holding a “haunted house.”...

People in the clean-water profession are largely called operators, and they wear the title with pride. But does that term do you...

You’ve heard of Garden Palooza? Pet Palooza? Rock Palooza? All kinds of “paloozas”? They’re events held to celebrate some area of interest...