The Florida DEP and the Florida Water Management Districts have identified 35 springs projects to receive more than $56.6 million included in the 2016-17 “Florida...
Entries Tagged Florida
Editorial
This Plant Shows How a Versatile Staff Can Keep Things Humming
The operators at the Plant City Utilities Operations Division are truly a multi-talented team.They receive one-on-one training from a dedicated operations trainer...
Editorial
WaterSmart Data Drives Water Conservation Efforts for Florida District
The St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida has launched a customer engagement platform to determine if utilities can promote water...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Two Wastewater Workers Air-Lifted After Gas Exposure
Two treatment plant workers were rescued from the basement of the River Road Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wichita Falls, Texas, on Saturday,...
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Florida DEP Provides $12 Million for Community Clean Water Infrastructure
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $12 million in low-interest loans to four communities to assist in repairing or...
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Florida DEP Awards $4 Million for Clean Water Projects
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has awarded more than $4 million in low-interest loans to six Florida communities for planning and design phases...
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Q&A With the Dual Operator: Masters of Water and Wastewater Treatment
Wastewater treatment operators face various challenges when performing their duties. Between the mechanical hazards posed by equipment, the infectious hazards posed by...
Editorial
Tri-Fuel Cogeneration System Mixes Digester, Landfill and Natural Gas
It’s one thing to expand a cogeneration system. It’s another to do it on a fast track without taking the existing system...
Editorial
Fixed! Creative Solution Solves Wastewater Bypass Plan
A leak in the 30-inch ductile iron pipe (DIP) feeding the headworks at the Punta Gorda (Florida) Wastewater Treatment Plant turned into...
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St. Petersburg, Florida, Receives $40M for Waste-to-Energy Project
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded a $40 million low-interest loan to St. Petersburg to upgrade the Southwest Wastewater Reclamation Facility. This Clean...
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In Berkeley Springs, Tasty Water is King
When Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, hosted its first water-tasting competition in 1991, organizers had to work hard to fill the field of...
Editorial
Seminole Tribe Brings Excellence to Water and Wastewater Treatment
Anyone who has cruised aboard a ship homeported in Port Everglades has come within about 10 miles of the Seminole Tribe of...
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Lead Abatement: Treat the Water or Replace the Pipes?
It’s a tough question.Replace all the lead pipe in your drinking water system, including home service laterals, or add corrosion-control chemicals at...
Editorial
The Road to Producing Florida's Class AA Biosolids
Wastewater operator training is available at schools, online and through various manuals and books. Then there’s the training operators get at the...















