Maintenance/Operations Services Articles

Editorial Matt Jenkins Takes Pride in Getting the Most From the Clean-Water Plants He Operates and Building Strong Teams

To Matt Jenkins, optimizing a wastewater treatment plant is a lot like tuning a guitar. “You can never just tune one or two...

June 19, 2018

Editorial How to Maximize On-Site Energy: Save It and Also Produce It

Some clean-water plants become more sustainable by saving energy; others by producing their own. The South County Regional Wastewater Authority in California...

March 20, 2018

Editorial A Georgia Clean-Water Plant Unlocks a Secret of Extending Screw Pump Life

With almost 30 years and counting of uninterrupted service from 60- and 72-inch screw pumps, operators at the Calhoun (Georgia) Wastewater Treatment...

March 20, 2018

Editorial Jim Baird Takes Pride in Helping Other Operators Become More Effective and Valuable

Jim Baird has a passion for operator education. As engineering and operations manager for the Roseburg (Oregon) Urban Sanitary Authority, he manages the...

February 19, 2018

Editorial Automation Isn't the Sole Solution to Drive Down Turbidity

If the water treatment plant team in Greenwood had a nickname, it might be The Turbidity Cops.That’s because they do everything possible to...

August 16, 2017

Online Exclusives Weathermen: Operators Volunteer for National Weather Service Program

At the wastewater treatment plant in Owatonna, Minnesota, a city of about 25,000 people in the southern part of the state, operators...

March 07, 2016

Editorial Sustainable Plant Reuses Lagoon To Reduce Footprint

A clean-water plant upgrade in Ontario is setting a new standard for sustainable design and construction. With modularity and a focus on...

January 19, 2016

Editorial The Success of a Private Partnership: New Jersey Plant Partners with American Water

The North Brunswick Water Treatment Plant has come a long way in 50 years. When the 1963 gravity filter system surpassed its...

December 21, 2015

Online Exclusives Pedal Power: The Green Way to Get Around Your Plant

Come spring, you’ll likely find members of the Field’s Point staff cruising around the facility’s 23-acre site on tricycles — not the...

March 10, 2015

Editorial Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation Expands Wastewater Treatment Plant

Native American tribes strive to make decisions with thought about their effects seven generations into the future.Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation couldn’t look that far...

March 09, 2015