Fire Chief Project Articles

As health food retailers decry the use of biosolids to grow produce, and in some cases refuse to sell such produce, the...

Question: How do you give residents of your community a tour of a clean-water plant you haven’t built yet?Answer: Hold an open...

First Whole Foods made it a policy not to buy produce grown using biosolids. Now other health food purveyors are falling in...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has proclaimed this week, March 17-23, as Water and Wastewater Operator’s Week. Luke Markko, president of the Fox...

How readily does your clean-water plant welcome tours? The treatment plant in Casper, Wyo., entertained just one engineering student for a tour...

Common wisdom has it that references to “poop” are counterproductive when it comes to building public awareness and support for clean-water initiatives.The...

One of the pictures says it all: Two beakers of water from the Albert Lea (Minn.) Wastewater Treatment Plant, one filled with...

Your local fire chief preaches prevention directly to homeowners. Now the city of Casper, Wyo., is appealing straight to residents to quit...

When a profile of the Jamestown (R.I) Wastewater Treatment Plant came out in TPO magazine this month, the plant team could have...

The operating team at the Algonquin (Ill.) Wastewater Treatment Plant found a great use for part of the plant property: raising food...

After a record number of responses poured in for the Let’s Be Clear column titled “What’s in a Name? Or a Title?”...

The clean-water plant in Fort Morgan, Colo., will be at center stage as the city sponsors a series of educational brown-bag lunches...

The Texas city of Corpus Christi is under a U.S. EPA consent decree to improve wastewater treatment. As part of the process...

It’s Green Week in Arizona, and some clean-water plants are borrowing a page from the fire department with special educational events, according...