The City of Bemidji’s activated sludge wastewater treatment plant sits between Lake Irving to the south and the larger Lake Bemidji to...
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Operators Replace A Row Of Trees That Screened Their Facility From A Biking And Hiking Trail
In spring 2011, a flood largely washed out a row of 15-foot-tall cedar trees that screened the Main Wastewater Treatment Plant from...
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Community Stakeholders Design A Landscape For Palo Alto's Clean-Water Plant
Despite being 2 miles from the city and beyond the view of its 225,000 residents, the 20 mgd (average) Palo Alto Regional...
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Treatment Plant Ponds Become A Haven For Wildlife And A Magnet For Visitors
The two lagoons that made up the Henderson Wastewater Treatment Plant during the 1980s were merely well-manicured evaporative and percolating ponds serving...
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Fitting Right In
Being a good neighbor is a serious matter to the staff at the Red Oak Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in the...
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Inside And Out
Pride and teamwork among the operators and staff have led to total restoration of the 5.4 mgd (design) wastewater treatment facility in...
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Pitching Right In
Even though less than half a mile of a 50 mile public hiking/biking trail passes in front of the clean-water plant in...
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Keepers Of The Refuge
The Elk River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Eureka (8.6 mgd design) is a trickling filter-solids contact facility near the mouth of the...
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Power Mowers
Darwin Hall isn’t necessarily happy about the publicity his 1.6 mgd natural treatment plant in Southern Utah has been getting, but he’s...
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Beyond Boundaries
To the team at the Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant in Springfield, Mo., passion for delivering clean water reaches far beyond the facility...
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Bye-Bye Bad Old Days
A3- by 4-foot sign on the bank of the Shiawassee River in southeast Michigan tells the success story of the wastewater treatment...
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Clean and Beautiful
When Clean Water Services wanted to expand wastewater treatment capacity in the West Basin portion of its service area in Oregon, officials...
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Underground Success
On the surface, the renovated Juan Solomon City Park on the northwest side of Indianapolis looks like many city parks...
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Whole New Look
Before 2009, anyone passing the advanced wastewater treatment plant in Dunedin, Fla., saw a rusting and damaged chain-link fence in...



















