Ohio Articles

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...

A small-system water operator in Sebring, Ohio, has denied misleading the public about unsafe lead levels in the town’s drinking water. According...

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set new phosphorus limits for two plants that discharge into the Great Miami River. The new...

At Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, the leadership team is focused on upgrades and plant efficiencies. Take a tour with Superintendent Karen Hawkins as...

Until the upgrade for the Warren (Ohio) Water Pollution Control facility becomes reality, Mike Welke and his crews nurse and coerce every...

Caring. Karen Hawkins and co-workers use that word a lot. As superintendent of Fairborn (Ohio) Utilities, Hawkins has made concern for employees...

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...

"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer," says Mike Welke, the biosolids manager and maintenance supervisor at the...

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...

Residents from the Woodland Acres Subdivision near Houston, Texas, are dealing with wormy tap water after a power outage disrupted services at...

In Archbold, Ohio, operator training is a top priority. Listen in as Plant Superintendent Frank D’Ambrosia explains how continuing education takes a...

Like a master musician, a wastewater treatment PLANT superintendent must make sure everything works in harmony — from equipment to operators. That’s...

The American Water Works Association has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate its Recommendations for Public Water Systems to Manage...

The EPA is investigating a well-known vinyl chloride contamination problem in Kokomo, Indiana. For more than two decades, officials have been aware...