Rainy days used to spell trouble for the Enosburg Falls (Vermont) Wastewater Treatment Facility in the form of combined sewer overflows. That...
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Editorial
27-Year Laboratory Veteran Wins William D. Hatfield Award
Sue Baert credits her husband, Dan, for gettinG HER into the wastewater treatment industry.“I grew up on a Wisconsin farm, got my...
Editorial
Filtration Plant Staff Pushes Performance Past Permit Requirements
The Pennsylvania Amish Country celebrates old ways, but the Ephrata Area Joint Authority’s Church Avenue Filter Plant isn’t tied to the past....
Editorial
Plant Embraces Innovation With Biosolids and Reclaimed Water Systems
The Wellington Water Reclamation Facility has won numerous awards. Its compliance history, operation and maintenance practices, customer relations, and safety record are...
Editorial
Water/Wastewater Manager Recognized With Women of Achievement Award
Drafting and math unlocked the doors to Martha Tasker’s future. While studying drafting in college, she worked as a part-time intern at...
Editorial
Creating a Culture of Safety at Your Treatment Facility
Look around any workplace and the safety materials are hard to miss. There are safety posters, videos, course announcements, booklets, stickers, tip...
Online Exclusives
North America Sees Its First Smart Wastewater Pumping System Installation
Xylem, a leading global water technology company, recently presented to DC Water the first installation in North America of Flygt Concertor, the world’s first...
Editorial
High Efficiency Gets Missouri Operator Lofty Award
Chief operator Bryan Leighow was surprised when he won the 2015 Operator of the Year award from the Missouri Water Environment Association...
Editorial
Small Award-Winning WWTP Team Says It's All About Service
The four operators at the Eagle Mountain Water Reclamation Plant are used to doing a lot with a little. Their efficiency and...
Editorial
The City of Ogden's Plant Takes a Step Up in Class
When the summer heat arrives in northwestern Utah near Great Salt Lake, the city of Ogden calls on a modern tool to...
Editorial
Forested Land Application System Draws 170 Species of Birds
At least once each year, members of the Audubon Society in northwest Georgia visit a protected forested site to conduct a bird...
Editorial
Experience Pays Off for Operators at New Facility
When the Florida town of Davie built its new water reclamation facility with a membrane bioreactor, the operators had no experience with...
Editorial
The Fast Track: An Operator's Journey to Wastewater Supervisor
Working 10 years for the Street Department in the Missouri city of Carrollton didn’t prepare Tammy Hamblen for her move to the...
Blogs
How the Times Have Changed: Surviving 30 Years of Modernization
Anyone first entering the wastewater field should consider themselves lucky if they’re hooked up with an old-timer — someone who’s been on...


















