Who always leads the Fourth of July parade? A fire truck, of course, lights flashing, siren intermittently blaring, firefighters in dress uniform...
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Aspiring Water Scientists Attend U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize National Competition
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announced the 2013 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) — the most prestigious...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Students help release salmon reared in effluent
Nothing gets kids’ attention for the value of wastewater treatment than showing how it benefits a fishery.
For several years, staff members at...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Helping operators climb the ladder
Here’s a great way to give clean-water operators more stature: Encourage them to earn their state licenses and progress to the highest...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: If you don’t blow your horn, who will?
I just saw an article in the Byron Review newspaper saying Dale Wellik, clean-water plant operator in Dodge Center earned recognition from...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: The World of Working in Water
It’s great to take kids on treatment plant tours. It’s better – and more aligned with The Fire Chief Project – if...
Editorial
Where Will We Go With Training?
Editor’s Note: TPO’s “Lab Detective” columnist was invited to speak at the 2012 WEFTEC Conference in New Orleans about operator training and...
Editorial
Message Getting Through?
The message about the harmful nature of some disposable wipes seems to be making its way into the mainstream. It’s reaching from...
Editorial
Industry News - June 2013
CST Storage receives Canadian Welding Bureau certificationCST Storage received Canadian Welding Bureau certification, enabling it to provide welded structures in Canada that...
Editorial
Starting Anew
A clean-water agency’s name sets the tone for the way public perceives it. So when agencies call themselves “sewerage districts” or “sewer...
Editorial
Learning Lasts All Year
Getting young people involved is easy for the Oakland County (Mich.) Water Resources Commissioner’s Office (WRC). The agency just asked kids to...
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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...
Blogs
The Fire Chief Project: Partnering for a Tour
Sometimes an adverse event – like a sanitary sewer overflow – can become an opportunity. It’s happening now in Ashville, N.C. where,...
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The Fire Chief Project: Euphemisms
Do you know what a euphemism is? It’s a clever (and not in a good way) trick for making something sound better...









