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California’s Leucadia Wastewater District produced a video describing its entire treatment process, and did it using field service...
Public Outreach Articles
Editorial
When Talking Biosolids, Don't Dodge the Criticisms, But Be Sure to Accentuate the Positives
Biosolids recycling has always existed under a cloud. Some people have concerns about odor. Heavy metals. Pathogens.
Then there are the mischaracterizations of...
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Clean-Water Agencies Earn Praise for Exemplary Success in Protecting Waters From Nutrient Enrichment
Nitrogen and phosphorus from clean-water plant discharges and a variety of other sources are a growing cause for concern, since they can...
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Founded 20 Years Ago, This Southern County's Rivers Alive Program Engages Residents in Resource Protection
It’s amazing what people sometimes find when working on stream cleanup projects. During the Rivers Alive cleanup sponsored by the Clayton County...
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A Poster Contest Winner as a Child Creates a Similar Contest as an Adult
Chris Nelson of the Carmichael Water District had no idea when he won a poster calendar contest in middle school that the...
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Tapping the Minds of Future Water Problem Solvers: Xylem Rewards Innovative Thinking
The water and wastewater sector depends on a new generation of devoted professionals to replace those retiring by the thousands. And solutions to...
Editorial
How to Turn Your Public Against You
So, testing has revealed trace amounts of PFAS in your drinking water wells or the biosolids from your clean-water plant.
When members of...
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Staffers Become Actors and Narrators for This Video on the Workings of a Treatment Plant
For over 40 years the South Platte Renew wastewater treatment plant sent clean effluent to the South Platte River.
When the COVID virus...
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A New Hampshire Plant Keeps Humming Along Through a Four-Year Upgrade
To call the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility a success story is an understatement.
The plant, recently upgraded to advanced secondary treatment and...
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A Collaborative Long-Term Project Helps a Northeast Wisconsin Clean-Water Agency Control Phosphorus
Farmers, the Oneida Nation and many other partners have joined NEW Water in a project to help NEW Water in Green Bay meet...
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A Florida Town Sponsors a Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest for Kids
For the past six years the Town of Davie has been a state-recognized winner of the AWWA Florida Section children’s water poster contest.
The...
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One Person at a Time: An Award-winning Approach to Public Outreach for a California Specialist
California’s Central Marin Sanitation Agency teaches about water conservation one person at a time, through public events and by building rapport through...
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Industry News - March 2022
Aries finishes biosolids gasification planAries Clean Technologies announced the completion of its Linden Biosolids Gasification Plant in Linden, New Jersey. The fluidized...
Editorial
A Xylem White Paper Charts a Path to Immediate and Significant Carbon Emission Reduction
In taking measures against climate change, many cities and water and wastewater utilities are far ahead of the federal government.
Almost routinely, we...

















