John Donovan, P.E., started on the ground floor in a long career as a biosolids consultant.Graduating from college just as the environmental...
Entries Tagged Massachusetts
Blogs
The Funny, Sometimes Entertaining, Yet Always Important, Side of Sludge
It was a busy holiday weekend, full of fireworks and ice cream and swimming and hot summer weather. Whether you were lucky...
Blogs
5 Crazy Photos From Snowed-In Massachusetts Plants
Here at the TPO office, which is located in the snow belt of northern Wisconsin, we take pride in our winters. In...
Online Exclusives
Flight Path: 5 Beautiful Wastewater Treatment Plant Aerials
About 12 years ago, Marcel Tremblay earned his pilot’s license and began a hobby that combined two of his passions: wastewater treatment...
Online Exclusives
$8 Million Awarded to Drinking Water Innovation Centers
On Sept. 9, the U.S. EPA announced its continued commitment to improving America’s drinking water by providing more than $8 million to...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Could Saltwater Power a Treatment Plant?
At the intersection of saltwater and freshwater could be a jackpot of power, says an MIT research team. Enough, the team claims,...
Online Exclusives
Lowell Wastewater Utility Hosts Summer Youth Program
Five area youths spent the summer learning about critical environmental protection techniques at the Lowell (Mass.) Regional Wastewater Utility, thanks to EPA...
Editorial
Hitting The Curveballs
“Doing what they need to do, with what they have.” That would be an appropriate tagline for the Attleboro (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment...
Editorial
Upgrades On The Fly
The atypical design of the Cohasset (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment Plant confuses visiting operators and challenges those who run it. Mark Cataldo, project...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Safe Yield Regulations Worry Massachusetts Water Groups
Proposed environmental water regulations in Massachusetts have met criticism from local water districts and the Massachusetts Water Works Association, which are concerned...
Blogs
Sound Bite: New England Phonographers Make Wastewater Music
We all have musical preferences. I tend toward the bluegrass side of things. A little acoustic guitar, some good fiddle playing and...
Editorial
Designing For Excellence
The town of Lee, Mass., is known as the gateway to the Berkshires, and for its New England charm. This progressive town of...
Editorial
Sustainable Excellence
When the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) embarked on a long-term sustainability program in 1984, its goal was to conserve precious water...
Editorial
Out With Waste
An impressive solar panel array sits in the field behind the Crooked Spring Water Treatment Plant, one of three plants owned by...















