It’s a tough question.Replace all the lead pipe in your drinking water system, including home service laterals, or add corrosion-control chemicals at...
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News Briefs: Sebring, Ohio, Operator Denies Falsifying Reports
A small-system water operator in Sebring, Ohio, has denied misleading the public about unsafe lead levels in the town’s drinking water. According...
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News Briefs: Ohio EPA Orders Miami River Plants to Reduce Phosphorus
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set new phosphorus limits for two plants that discharge into the Great Miami River. The new...
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Utility Supervisor Emphasizes Renewal for Older Systems
At Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, the leadership team is focused on upgrades and plant efficiencies. Take a tour with Superintendent Karen Hawkins as...
Editorial
Ingenuity and an Electrical Engineering Technology Degree Are Strong Assets for an Ohio Operator
Until the upgrade for the Warren (Ohio) Water Pollution Control facility becomes reality, Mike Welke and his crews nurse and coerce every...
Editorial
Ohio Operator Brings Heart to Management Style
Caring. Karen Hawkins and co-workers use that word a lot. As superintendent of Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, Hawkins has made concern for employees...
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Changing Times: We Are the New Face of Water
Find new business opportunities.
Commit to innovation.
Lead by influencing change.
Engage stakeholders.
Invest in infrastructure for the future.
Provide quality service.
Exercise fiduciary responsibility.Those statements sound like...
Videos
The Unorthodox Path to Becoming a Biosolids Manager
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer," says Mike Welke, the biosolids manager and maintenance supervisor at the...
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Polymer Goes on Trial in Warren, Ohio
Editor's Note: This article is part of an operator profile on Mike Welke of Warren, Ohio. Watch for a special feature in the October...
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News Briefs: Worms Invade Neighborhood Drinking Water
Residents from the Woodland Acres Subdivision near Houston, Texas, are dealing with wormy tap water after a power outage disrupted services at...
Videos
It Takes a Village: Ohio Plant Focuses on Continuing Education
In Archbold, Ohio, operator training is a top priority. Listen in as Plant Superintendent Frank D’Ambrosia explains how continuing education takes a...
Editorial
William D. Hatfield Award Crowns a Career for an Ohio Operator
Like a master musician, a wastewater treatment PLANT superintendent must make sure everything works in harmony — from equipment to operators. That’s...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: AWWA Seeks EPA Action on Cyanotoxin Guidance
The American Water Works Association has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate its Recommendations for Public Water Systems to Manage...
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News Briefs: Vinyl Chloride Pollution Plagues City Groundwater
The EPA is investigating a well-known vinyl chloride contamination problem in Kokomo, Indiana. For more than two decades, officials have been aware...

















