A poster contest sponsored by California’s Monte Vista Water District encourages K-12 students to promote water efficiency.
The contest was created in 1990...
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Kids' Posters Carry a Message in a Water District's Outreach Program
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A State Association Models a Quality Outreach Program Others Could Emulate
A part of public outreach for clean-water industry groups is taking part in community events.
To that end, speakers from the New York...
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Pinellas County Students Learn About Wastewater on Site and in Class
Shea Dunifon, education coordinator for Pinellas County Utilities in Florida, tirelessly invents creative ways to teach K-12 students about wastewater.
She makes it...
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It's About Improving Infrastructure, Encouraging Employees and Communicating With Customers for This Ohio Operator
Kevin Zebrowski is passionate about making things better. Over his career with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, he has focused on...
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Redirecting Water to Create a Sustainable Plant Environment
There are huge benefits to the rain gardens at the two wastewater treatment plants in Fayetteville, Arkansas, says Tim Luther, operations manager...
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Baltimore Finds an Innovative Way to Recruit a New Generation of Professionals
Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph Chow, P.E., met with department...
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Here's a Network for Grooming Young People for Careers in the Water Professions
“The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces of our...
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Data Drives Decisions for the Lab Director at the Snyderville Basin Water Reclamation District
Walking into the East Canyon Water Reclamation Facility laboratory in Utah for the first time, Tiffini Adams was struck by the silence...
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A Massachusetts Agency Takes Education to the Treatment Plant
For 15 years the Springfield (Massachusetts) Water and Sewer Commission has hosted fifth-graders from the Springfield Public Schools at the wastewater treatment...
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Some Treatment Plant Murals Are Flat. Here's One That Is Round.
“Water Is Life” is the message the Greensboro (North Carolina) Water Resources Department wanted to convey to citizens and visitors. So the...
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Creative Spirit on Display at Model Water Tower Competition
The Prince William County (Virginia) Service Authority’s Model Water Tower Competition took on a festive feel this year thanks to a holiday-themed...
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Education on the Wing: A Virginia Treatment Plant Provides a Haven for Birds
As a centerpiece for a clean-water treatment plant’s community outreach, it’s hard to beat the 24-acre bird-watcher’s paradise created by five lagoons...
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A Regional Approach to Recruiting a New Generation of Water Professionals
We all know it: The industry needs bright, young operators to replace those retiring. Approaches to recruitment are many: internships, apprenticeships, military...
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Warm Welcome
Visitors to Alexandria (Virginia) Renew Enterprises don’t have to wait long to learn about the organization that keeps area waterways clean.
Essential messages...
