Faced with a future mandate to limit phosphorus and nitrogen discharged to Jordan Lake, the City of Mebane (N.C.) expected to upgrade...
Entries Tagged SCADA System
Editorial
Pulling Together
In the old days, several communities in Alabama’s St. Clair County depended on individual wells for drinking water — sources that weren’t...
SCADA Systems - Managed SCADA system
The managed SCADA system from Mission Communications delivers real-time alarms by any combination of voice phone calls, text messages, emails, faxes and...
Online Exclusives
Happy 100, Evanston! Here's to a Century of Clean Water
Editor's Note: The Evanston Water Utility celebrated its 100th birthday on July 26 with an open house. For more information on the...
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The Treatment Plant Toolbox for Emergency Maintenance
Although a set of standard operating procedures might be available, the safe and successful response to an emergency depends on maintenance performed...
Editorial
Chance Of A Lifetime
On one hand it wasn’t easy switching from an old, familiar conventional water treatment plant to brand-new technology. On the other hand, it...
Editorial
Same Treatment Quality, Less Energy
When most flow comes from just two industrial sources, a wastewater treatment plant has to be ready to respond to changes in...
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Don’t Memorize Answers, Learn Processes
If Ron Trygar could change one thing about wastewater and drinking water treatment training and certifications, it would be replacing exams that...
Editorial
Designing For Excellence
The town of Lee, Mass., is known as the gateway to the Berkshires, and for its New England charm. This progressive town of...
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Is the (Windows XP) Sky Falling?
On April 8, Windows XP SP3 will join XP SP2, Windows 2000 and Windows NT in reaching an end-of-life (EOL) status or,...
Editorial
Monitoring And Instrumentation
Nutrient analysis system keeps wastewater plant in controlProblemThe Denver, Colo., Metro Wastewater Reclamation District wanted near real-time nutrient analysis for a challenging headworks...
Editorial
Monitoring And Instrumentation
As stricter permit limits and tight budgets demand high efficiency, accurate monitoring and instrumentation is paramount in plant operations. Here is a...
Editorial
Not Running Scared
The complexities of the Grass Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant don’t faze supervisor Bob Bobik and his experienced operators. They relish the challenges, never...
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Protect Your Plant: Cybersecurity 101
We are becoming too familiar with the external threats our SCADA and corporate computer systems suffer on a day-to-day basis: viruses, malware...
















