Entries Tagged North Carolina

The Robert A. Harris Water Filtration Plant keeps adding to its history of low finished-water turbidity. The latest milestone is the 2015...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule in the debate on antibacterial consumer products, which include household hand soaps...

Baking and cooking are the cornerstones behind Leslie Carreiro’s career as a chemist. Working first for a pharmaceutical company, then in the...

Editor's Note: This article is part of an operator profile on Leslie Carreiro of Asheville, North Carolina. Watch for a special feature in the...

At the Contentnea Metropolitan Sewerage District, tailgating doesn’t mean getting together for beer and burgers before a football game. It refers to...

The Department of Health and Human Services has lowered its fluoride suggestions, recommending that public tap water not exceed .7 ppm. Previous...

When Tommy Armstrong stares at the cracking mud of a dewatering bed, he sees more than drying biosolids. He sees crazy lines,...

Controlling turbidity is a key operations challenge at the Hillsborough Water Treatment Facility in North Carolina. Listen in as Plant Superintendent Russell...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina has been granted the authority by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to...

“Do the right thing” is more than a platitude for our children. The concept has real, bottom-line consequences, which can carry a...

In a new video posted to his blog, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates brings awareness to water reuse, clean drinking water...

Plant Manager Mike Wiseman takes you on a tour of the Asheboro (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Facility. Plus, learn how the operations team...

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies honored 15 public drinking water systems with its top utility management awards on Oct. 20 at...

Mike Wiseman and his operations team knew they would face a total nitrogen limit in their new permit, due in 2016.So, instead...