Entries Tagged Kansas

Heather Phillips has seen the clean-water business from two key perspectives. She started her career with a major engineering consultancy. A dozen years...

“Come, Dorothy!” cried the Wizard. “Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away.” That memorable line, one of many from the venerable story...

Entry 244112Two employees of the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant in Gilbert, Arizona, were hospitalized after a fire broke out at the facility. Firefighters were...

Entry 244147A worker was hospitalized after falling 20 feet into a cylinder container at the Upper Brays Wastewater Treatment Plant in West...

Like many people in the world of water, Joe Cribbs didn’t come into the field straight out of high school. In fact,...

Dodge City’s South Wastewater Treatment Plant in southwest Kansas was built for zero stream discharge because even back in the 1980s, city...

Entry 244541A man from Springfield, West Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury for permit violations and untreated sewage discharges from...

Entry 245029A lime dust explosion at a Kansas City water treatment plant injured two workers July 15. The workers reportedly had chemical...

When Jamie Amlong drove into the Norton (Kansas) Water Treatment Plant on a May morning in 2016, he had no idea he...

Utility Superintendent Jim Boyer of the Spring Hill (Kansas) Wastewater Treatment Plant takes viewers on a detailed tour of the facility. This...

Jim Boyer learned about empathy at an early age. After his father became disabled from a serious accident, his mother ran the...

Drafting and math unlocked the doors to Martha Tasker’s future. While studying drafting in college, she worked as a part-time intern at...

Managing water, wastewater and stormwater engineering keeps Martha Tasker looking toward the future. As Director of Utilities in Salina, Kansas, she sees...

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...