Entries Tagged Maintenance

Paul Haugen had a mystery on his hands. The six wells supplying water to Germantown Waterworks’ customers were supposed to be inspected every...

Scum. It’s the plastics, grease and other floatables that hover on the surface during wastewater clarification. No one likes scum, and no...

Entry 243607Welcome back to TPO magazine's Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions with in-depth explanations of the answers. Last time,...

Supervisory control and data acquisition (or SCADA) systems and connected instruments are vital to many water and wastewater treatment facilities. They perform control...

By skillfully managing a combination of old and new, the Duck Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant has racked up an enviable compliance record...

WASTEWATER By Rick Lallish In a biological nutrient removal process, what is the condition where bacteria incorporate more phosphorus than needed for growth? ...

The North Cary (North Carolina) Water Reclamation Facility has been in service since 1974, but to the casual observer, it doesn’t look...

Rockwell Automation introduced tools to enable treatment plant teams to make quick and sound decisions at this year’s WEFTEC expo. FactoryTalk Analytics for...

There’s nothing fancy about the Pascagoula/Moss Point (Mississippi) Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Day by day, year by year, it churns out clean...

Blowers are integral to the wastewater treatment process, providing oxygen to help break down biological waste. Smooth blower operation is essential to avoiding...

Staff members at the Rocky Mount (Virginia)wastewater treatment plant don’t mind getting their hands dirty. In fact, that’s a point of pride,...

Life got a lot easier in 2011 for Jeff Smith, chief operator of the Village of Ohio City Wastewater Treatment Plant. That’s when the...

Large regional water companies, such as California American Water Company, which services the central coast of California, have already invested in high...

One universal goal of treatment plant operators is to keep operations running smoothly and effectively at all times. Although many factors contribute...