Entry 244641A 29-year-old man from Atlantic County, New Jersey, died after contracting Naegleria fowleri — also called the “brain-eating amoeba” — after...
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News Briefs: 'Brain-Eating Amoeba' Kills New Jersey Man
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Water Saver Award Winner Highland Park Makes Big Strides in a Community Committed to Sustainability
Thirty or so years ago, a big day of production was a time to celebrate for a water plant team.
“When I came...
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News Briefs: Motor Failure Starts Fire in Chemicals Building at Water Treatment Facility
Entry 245011The failure of an electric motor at a water treatment plant in Elgin, Illinois, started a fire in a building that...
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Chicago-Area District Nears Net-Zero Energy Through Efficiency and Aggressive Biogas Production
The Downers Grove (Illinois) Sanitary District is on the verge of a sustainability milestone: The wastewater treatment plant is producing more electricity...
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A $58 Million Plant Upgrade Sets Kankakee Operators Up for Success
If there’s a great before and after story
in municipal wastewater treatment, it could be Kankakee, Illinois.
Before 2010, the Kankakee River Metropolitan...
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Many Illinois Operators Owe Their Career Success to This University-Based Process Instructor
Not every clean-water plant operator can get paid for purposely upsetting the process or causing an equipment malfunction.Rick Lallish can — and...
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News Briefs: Reporters Claim Unsafe Washington Treatment Plant Ruined Man's Life
After being exposed for seven years to toxins at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s wastewater treatment plant, Tim Combs of Bremerton, Washington,...
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Ordinary Treatment Plant Tank Becomes Focal Point of Community
It took nearly 1,000 gallons of light beige paint to spruce up the 7.5-million-gallon reservoir at the South Water Treatment Plant in...
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27-Year Laboratory Veteran Wins William D. Hatfield Award
Sue Baert credits her husband, Dan, for gettinG HER into the wastewater treatment industry.“I grew up on a Wisconsin farm, got my...
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New Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology Defies Convention
Companies continue to develop new approaches to basic wastewater treatment processes, always in search of more effective pollutant and nutrient removal with...
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Creating a Culture of Safety at Your Treatment Facility
Look around any workplace and the safety materials are hard to miss. There are safety posters, videos, course announcements, booklets, stickers, tip...
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December 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More
Editor’s Note: Each month, we’ll bring you a roundup of new water and wastewater projects from across the country. If you would like...
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Watershed Protectors: Water Utility Keeps Kankakee River Clean
The team at the Joseph Donovan Regional Water Treatment Plant is serious about source water protection. Their efforts have helped make the...
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Name That Biosolid: MWRD Opens Naming Contest to Public
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District in Wisconsin markets its biosolids as "Milorganite." DC Water in Washington, D.C., recently launched "Bloom." And now, the...
