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Entries Tagged Pollution

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EPA Defends Rule That Would Force Polluters to Pay for PFAS Cleanup

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Nutrient Reduction — With Other Benefits for Health and Environment

Minnesota’s water-quality trading program yields benefits in nutrient loading reductions and other environmental enhancements
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Quality Water for His Tribal Community Is This Operator's Passion

For more than a decade, Jonathan Riberdy has worked to provide his Indigenous Canadian community with safe water straight from the tap
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Harmful Sewer Discharges: A Watchdog That Never Sleeps

The Phoenix Water Services Department uses AI-based sensors to monitor changes in wastewater and detect unauthorized discharges from industrial users

Rural vs. Urban: The Unique Challenges of Water Treatment

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In This Dual Treatment System, the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

Biologically active filtration paired with ozone treatment is a cost-effective process for removing emerging contaminants of concern – and much more
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Hard Experience Helps This Utility Leader Play a Winning Hand

Roy Hesemann made an early career turn into the water sector. He has won prestigious awards on both the drinking water and wastewater sides
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A Long Road Back – In Just one Year

David Milano and his team in the Connecticut Town of Cheshire took pride in bringing their plant back from notice of violation status in just one year
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What’s That Valuable Gas Escaping From Your Clean-Water Plant?

Methane releases from wastewater treatment plants are gaining attention as contributors to the greenhouse gas load that is driving global climate change
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This Operator Helps See That Indigenous Societies’ Water Supplies Are Healthy and Reliable

Water quality is still an issue for First Nations peoples across Canada. Operator Robert Budway works in partnership with communities to change that.
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His Dedication to Clean Water Goes Back to Childhood

Physical limitations didn’t keep Alvin Rucker from leading a team and overseeing projects to protect water quality in his childhood river
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With Cogeneration: If at First You Don’t Succeed...

Generation three of combined heat and power technology makes beneficial use of all biogas from co-digested food waste and biosolids in Salem, Oregon
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Leader and Mentor: Shyness Can’t Stop Jamie Kreller

Jamie Kreller improves his clean-water plant with upgrades, himself with leadership training and others with an association-based education program
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Breaking Down the Great Lakes' Microplastics Problem