With the placement of the Prestonsburg (Kentucky) Water Filtration Plant next to a school and residential area, plant manager Donald Compton says...
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Editorial
Prestonsburg Water Plant Team Members Deal With an Expansive Territory and Variable Source Water
The eastern Kentucky city of Prestonsburg sits in a valley of the Appalachian foothills, and from there, the water utility’s pipes stretch...
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News Briefs: Operator Gets Settlement After Exposing E. Coli Cover-Up
A former wastewater treatment plant superintendent was awarded a confidential settlement after he sued the city of Maryville, Tennessee, for firing him.
The...
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News Briefs: Workers Find Organs in Detroit WWTP
Workers at a Detroit, Michigan, wastewater treatment plant made two calls to police after finding either organs in its processes Friday and...
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News Briefs: Water Plant Under Probe After Dead Rats Were Found in Processes
Federal environmental officials have their eye on Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, after finding rats and a frog in water treatment processes...
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Easy Odor Control with Modular Covers
The customer:
The Town Branch Wastewater Treatment Plant located in Lexington, Kentucky, serves a population of 130,000 — about 60 percent of Lexington-Fayette...
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News Briefs: Appalachian Water System Hasn't Tested for Contaminants in Decades
An orphaned water system in the Appalachian region of Kentucky hasn’t tested for contaminants for decades, although it collected numerous violation notices...
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Rural Areas Getting $331 Million Stimulus for Water Infrastructure
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $331 million in 85 projects aimed at improving water and...
Editorial
Trick-or-Treatment Haunts Louisville Water Company
Rumors have said for years that the Gatehouse at the Crescent Hill Reservoir in Louisville is haunted. Well, at least for one...
Editorial
Where Good Chemistry Means Great Water
If water operators across the country had to take a chemistry test, it’s a good bet the Barren River Lake Water Treatment...
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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
Building on Innovation: Louisville Water Earns 2 Phase IV Awards
Louisville Water is the largest and oldest water company in Kentucky and has a 156-year history of innovation.Its research led to the development...
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Louisville Water's History Project In the Spotlight
The Kentucky Historical Society has named Lousiville Water's WaterWorks Museum project as a 2015 Outstanding Education/Exhibit Initiative for history. Louisville Water was...
Editorial
Sequencing Batch Reactors Help Drive Down Nutrients
How can the biggest be a perfect fit for the smallest? The sequencing batch reactor system at the newly upgraded Bowling Green (Kentucky)...


















