Entries Tagged Safety

The annals of home ownership are filled with stories of do-it-yourself projects gone wrong. Operators of water and wastewater treatment plants are more...

General guidance on sanitizing water treatment systems after a prolonged period of stagnation — such as during the recent COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders...

The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued a joint alert warning that...

What safety concerns may be present in the preliminary treatment process? A. Hydrogen sulfideB. Waterborne diseasesC. Physical accidents/hazardsD. Explosive mixtures/gasesAnswer: A, B, C and D. The preliminary...

As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, agencies and organizations like the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have been working to provide current and accurate...

I had waited months for a March trip to Florida to meet my brother for some fishing on the Gulf of Mexico....

[Editor's note: This story was edited to clarify a misstatement and to add recommendations for wastewater operators from the Centers for Disease...

In a part of the country where freshwater supplies are often scarce, the Olivenhain (California) Municipal Water District is doing its part. The...

Everyone in the industry has heard at least one horror story about someone getting fired or demoted for reporting a safety violation. In...

Thanks to a new 300-foot security fence at the Bellingham (Washington) Water Treatment Plant, walking-trail users at a popular community park no...

Residents of the Las Campanas subdivision near Santa Fe, New Mexico, enjoy beautiful neighborhoods, amenities, and scenery. They also benefit from an...

They don’t hire licensed operators when there’s an opening at the Island Water Treatment Plant in Sanibel, Florida. “We take new people and...

With the placement of the Prestonsburg (Kentucky) Water Filtration Plant next to a school and residential area, plant manager Donald Compton says...

Winning an award for sustainability was not top of mind when Seneca (South Carolina) officials began to redesign their water treatment facility. Ultimately,...