Editor's Note: This article is part of a profile on the La Plata (Maryland) Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will be featured in the...
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News Briefs: Worker Rescued After 24-Foot Fall
A contract worker at the Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant near Accokeek, Maryland, was rescued Nov. 17 after falling 24 feet from scaffolding...
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The Fire Chief Project: When the Commissioner Takes Over
Four years ago, the employee recognition committee in Calvert County, Maryland, had a genius idea. Similar to the popular reality show Undercover...
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Did Someone Say '4-Acre Spider Web?'
Creepy stories are par for the course this time of year: Ghouls and goblins lurk in shadows, anyone who has a ghost...
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News Briefs: Heavy Rains and Sump Pumps Cause WWTP Woes
Heavy rains and excess water from homeowner sump pumps nearly caused disaster at a treatment plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., last week.“Our...
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Not Your Grandfather's Treatment Plant Operation
With an increasing number of wastewater treatment operators and other key staff members retiring or moving on from the industry, Tom Groves...
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Researchers find antibiotic-resistant infectious bacteria at four treatment plants
Infection Control Today magazine reports that researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health have found the infectious bacterium methicillin-resistant...
