Entries Tagged Indiana

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Operators Say Hand-Washing, Bleaching Is Affecting WWTP Bacteria

Entry 243404Wastewater treatment plant operators at the Liberty Lake (Washington) Sewer and Water District are speculating that all the hand-washing and sanitizing...

May 13, 2020

Editorial Here's How One State Brings Industrial Operators Out of the Shadows

Municipal and industrial clean-water operators are brothers and sisters in arms, facing different treatment processes but many of the same basic challenges...

January 15, 2020

Online Exclusives Industry Professionals to Gather in Indianapolis for 2020 WWETT Show Feb. 17-20

Entry 243595From Feb. 17-20, the Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show will take over the Indiana Convention Center in...

January 13, 2020

Online Exclusives News Briefs: California Finds Widespread PFAS Contamination in Wells

Entry 244124Recent news out of California is serving as another part of a growing concern nationwide surrounding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS),...

October 16, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Illegal Oil Dumper Costing WWTP Thousands Per Week

Entry 244191The town of Speedway, Indiana, is looking for more information about illegal dumping activity that is costing the wastewater treatment plant...

September 05, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Man's Body Discovered on WWTP Conveyor Belt

Entry 244327Operators at a wastewater treatment plant in Muncie, Indiana, discovered the body of a local 41-year-old man, identified as Michael Donald...

May 23, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Private Contractor Found Dead in Holding Tank

Entry 244499A private contractor hired to test and maintain several wastewater treatment plants was found dead in a holding tank after an...

January 23, 2019

Editorial Water Wisdom for the Next Generation of Water Users and Water Professionals

Tricia Haler loves working in wastewater treatment, and her enthusiasm is contagious. When Haler created a program for elementary students, she thought a...

October 18, 2018

Editorial Fort Wayne Takes Beneficial Use to Entirely New Levels

Earth Day began on April 22, 1970. The biosolids beneficial use program in Fort Wayne, Indiana, goes back almost that far. The city’s...

July 19, 2018

Editorial Experience, Hard Work Are Keys to Success for Superintendent Tony Wood

Twenty-five years ago, Tony Wood’s life made a right-angle turn: He got married and within a month became the chief operator of...

November 14, 2017

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Millions in Gold and Silver Pass Through Swiss Sewers Yearly

A study by scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology recently discovered that around $1.8 million in gold,...

October 18, 2017

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Mock Water Treatment Disaster Held in Indiana

Police, firefighters and several other departments and businesses in Gary, Indiana, recently practiced responding to a mock water treatment plant disaster.The mock...

September 19, 2017