On a hot day in March 2005, Army E-4 Specialist John Dorris rode security through the war-torn streets of Baghdad, protecting a...
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Seattle Operators Back on Track After Flooding Disaster
Thirty minutes — that’s all it took for an unprecedented flooding event to almost incapacitate a major Seattle-area wastewater treatment plant and...
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Prize Winners Show Why Water Technology is Ripe for Disruption
“With close to a trillion-dollar investment in water infrastructure coming within the next 10 years, the challenge will be to identify the...
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The Little Bacterium That Could
A humble bacterium first isolated in New York’s Lake Oneida almost 30 years ago could change the world. With its innate ability...
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Delving Into Sewage to Diagnose Public Health Problems
Most people probably view wastewater treatment plants as an integral part of modern infrastructure. Rolf Halden and his colleagues see them as...
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Retain Plant Employees by Using a Clear Job Ladder
In the last 12 years, I’ve made the climb from operator to lab tech to plant supervisor, and finally, plant superintendent. While...
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More Than a Concrete Jungle: An Outsider Tours Water-Centric Milwaukee
I always dreamed of visiting Jones Island. It has actually been on my bucket list for decades.I wish I could say Jones Island...
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The Battle of the Minnesota River Basin: How 41 Cities Are Challenging Regulations
A coalition of Minnesota municipalities awaits response to a letter they’ve sent to the governor and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stating...
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New England's Operator Exchange Program is a Great Resource
I recently found another way to take my wastewater education beyond the classroom, which is a topic I’ve addressed before with this...
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Direct Potable Reuse is Coming, but What Does It Mean for Operators?
Communities in California and Arizona could be more drought resistant in the near future, as both states are looking at enacting regulations for...
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Bringing Energy Back Home With Biogas
For years there have been two default choices for clean-water plants that produce and use digester methane: Burn it in boilers, or...
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What Will the Trump Administration Mean for the Water, Wastewater Industry?
“We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our...
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Fishing, Hunting Are Key to Stress Management for This Operator
For Tammy Hamblen, supervisor of the Carrollton (Missouri) Wastewater Treatment Plant, spending time outside helps alleviate stress while benefiting her mental and...
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Was Flint Just the Beginning of a National Health Crisis?
Since the Flint water crisis came to light in the spring of 2014, concerns over elevated lead levels in drinking water have...


















