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Editorial A California Project Proves It: Big Plant Improvement Projects Are All About People, Notably Operators

The EchoWater Project in Sacramento took seven years to construct, costing nearly $1.8 billion. It is touted as the biggest public works...

March 21, 2023

Online Exclusives EPA Proposes Strict National Limits for PFAS

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new plan to limit the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water...

March 16, 2023

Editorial A Newly Upgraded MBR Technology Packs More Treatment Power Into the Same Compact Package

Membrane bioreactors can be an attractive wastewater treatment option, delivering high-quality effluent in a relatively compact footprint.MBRs combine conventional activated sludge treatment...

February 15, 2023

Editorial At Home He Makes a Mean Clam Chowder. At Work He and His Team Take Pride in Quality Effluent.

After leaving active submarine duty in the U.S, Navy, Scott Goodinson worked on various jobs that included a couple of years pumping...

February 15, 2023

Editorial Making Rules: Clean-Water Utilities Have Earned the Right to More Trust From Regulators

It’s hard to name a federal law or regulation that has done more good than the Clean Water Act.Passed in 1972 with...

January 17, 2023

Online Exclusives EPA Issues List of Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration in Drinking Water, Increasing PFAS for Review

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published its Final Fifth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5), which will serve as the...

November 08, 2022

Editorial Solar Panels, Cogeneration, Hydroturbines, and Wind Generators Are All on the Net Zero Agenda in Santa Cruz

Amanda Bird is on a mission to achieve net zero energy at the Santa Cruz (California) Wastewater Treatment Facility. To Bird, senior wastewater treatment operator and...

June 16, 2022

Editorial Low-DO BNR: A Research Program Looks at How to Do It Cost-Effectively and at Full Scale

Removal of nutrients is a growing challenge for clean-water plants, especially where effluent phosphorus limits are strict. Plants today are looking toward biological...

May 17, 2022

Editorial 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...

May 16, 2022

Online Exclusives Video: Minnesota City Solves Strict Nutrient Regulations at New Facility

The city of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was faced with one of the state’s most stringent nutrient limits for its planned new wastewater...

April 12, 2022

Online Exclusives EPA Decides Against Regulating Perchlorate in Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published its plan to address perchlorate contamination in the nation's waters. The agency completed its review of...

April 06, 2022

Editorial Revenue from Septage Keeps a Clean-Water Plant Financially Sound After a Major Discharger's Departure

The Richmond clean-water plant was humming along just fine until the Vermont town’s creamery shut down in 1999. “With the creamery, our flows...

March 15, 2022

Editorial Product Spotlight - Wastewater: March 2022

The pump discharge check valve is an essential element in the design of water and wastewater pumping systems. The valves work to...

February 16, 2022

Online Exclusives EPA Advances Science to Protect Public from PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking the agency’s Science Advisory Board to review draft scientific documents regarding the health effects of...

November 24, 2021

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