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Flawless for Decades
Teamwork is the key to success for the seven wastewater treatment
plants serving the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and operated by ...
Editorial
Eye-Opening
When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in 2009, officials with the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Water Resources Department were drawn...
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WEF announces new Board of Trustees and emphasis on leadership and innovation
Cordell Samuels has taken over as the president of the Water Environment Federation (WEF). Samuels, plant superintendent of the Duffin Creek Water...
Editorial
On a Mission
Utilities superintendent Steven Hardeman says the Norman (Okla.) Water Reclamation Facility runs like a business. In truth, most businesses could learn...
Editorial
Private Perspective for Public Good
The 4.7 mgd Dover (N.H.) Wastewater Treatment Facility operates under facility supervisor Ray Vermette — who also serves as chief operator....
Editorial
Shades of Green
From the outside, the new water treatment plant in Madbury, N.H., may look merely average. In reality, it includes many forward-thinking, energy-saving...
Editorial
All Reused and Getting Greener
None of the wastewater treated at the Ocotillo Water Reclamation Facility in Chandler, Ariz., is sent to a receiving river or lake....
Editorial
Stirred by the Sun
Meeting national standards for trihalomethane levels in drinking water created issues for the Main Street Water Treatment Plant in Yuma, Ariz.Short-circuiting and...
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Turbines Stand Tall
The small Town of Medicine Bow, Wyo., is tucked between mountain ranges in uranium-rich land, posing water quality problems that are energy-intensive...
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Worth the Effort
Working through grant and energy rebate programs can get complicated and a bit frustrating. But it’s worth the effort, says Larry Pardee,...
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Keeping Watch
It is said that problems demand solutions. The corollary to that old rule is that solutions demand information; the deeper the understanding,...
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Serious Business
When a pilot test showed that a new post-aeration system was increasing dissolved oxygen by 70 percent while using 75 percent less...
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Saving One Saves the Other
There’s a lot of talk in the water/wastewater industry about conserving energy and conserving water. But in the bigger picture, the two...
