Crystal Dodson was vaguely casting about for a career direction in 2006 while working at a pharmacy.
Her neighbor worked in the IT...
Entries Tagged Hach
Editorial
Renovations Set This Plant Up for Years of Excellence
In September 2020, the Oneida Sewage Treatment Plant experienced an upset leading to a discharge that turned the water black in the...
Editorial
This Water Superintendent Takes Pride in Being a People Person (and a Life Coach on the Side)
Sophia Oberton came to the town of Delmar water treatment plant with no experience in the water professions.
On becoming water superintendent, she...
Editorial
A Florida University Gives a Lesson in Drinking Water Excellence
No local municipal water services or infrastructure existed when the University of Central Florida was constructed in the 1960s as a source...
Editorial
Lee County Proves It: Nothing Drives Performance Like a Well-Educated Team
Laura Longa took a tour of the Fiesta Village Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant soon after receiving her college degree in biology.
Fascinated by...
Editorial
Off to a Great Career Start, Corry Tschopp
In any sport or business, rookie recognition signifies a newcomer achieving great things and destined to do even more down the road.
That...
Editorial
A Mid-Career Change Brought This Operator Into the Water Fold
You’d never guess today that Brian Boswell more or less stumbled into wastewater management.
Now as superintendent of wastewater for Columbus (Georgia) Water...
Detect H2S Early in Water With Hach’s GS1440 and GS2440EX Sensors
The reaction of sulfates with anoxic biofilms in wastewater environments creates hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the wastewater. As some of that H2S...
Editorial
Product Focus: Treatment, Filtration and Stormwater
Aeration Equipment
Sanitaire - a Xylem Brand Silver Series II
The Silver Series II aeration system from Sanitaire - a Xylem Brand is a diffused...
Videos
Webinar: Unleashing My Plant Potential: Swapping Spreadsheets for Streamlined Reporting
Are you among the 88% of utilities that still collect their operations data on paper and then store it across multiple, static...
Editorial
Love of Science Drives a Choice of Career
Derek Gormon never planned for a career in the clean-water industry. Still, he’s not surprised to find himself as the manager of...
Editorial
Gear-Driven High-Efficiency Blowers From Inovair Deliver Substantial Savings
For years the Paducah McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency dealt with too much or not enough air supply in its clean-water plant’s...
Editorial
The Nation's Top Region for Biosolids Land Application Now Has Its Own Advocate Organization
Midwestern utilities arguably land-apply more biosolids than those in any other region of the country. So it only makes sense that the...
Editorial
Advanced Instruments. An Expert Staff. It's an Unbreakable Combination for This Water Plant.
For most of each day, the Long Pond Water Filtration Facility hums along with no operators present and only one team member...


















