Entries Tagged SCADA

If there’s a technique for saving or making power at a wastewater treatment plant, chances are good that it has been adopted...

A dozen years ago, the Iowa city of Council Bluffs needed more water treatment capacity to accommodate industrial and commercial growth.Instead of...

In 1982 Doug Armstrong started as an operator trainee at the South Wastewater Treatment Plant in Addison, Illinois. At age 20, he was...

Horacio Palacios wasn’t looking to get into the water world right out of high school. “It kind of fell in my lap,” recalls...

When Manuel Dos Santos entered the Air Force, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life. He only knew it...

With a degree in criminal justice and a work history in the casino industry, Jeff Michalak never imagined that in his mid-50s...

For nearly all his life, Alvin Rucker has been committed to cleaning up the James River and preserving its quality for future...

Drinking water utilities keep a close eye on water quality. It’s essential to providing a safe supply, keeping customers satisfied and staying...

The Crooked Creek Water Reclamation Facility is so well maintained that a visitor once mistook it for something else.“A lady walked up...

Christine “Cricket” Fowler is a perfect example of a trend in the water treatment field: women discovering room for professional training, growth...

For almost 100 years Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) has been responsible for water and wastewater infrastructure in South Carolina’s Greenville County. The county...

Jennie Woods is a cheerleader for water management careers. It’s what she teaches students in her beginner water lab course for the Oklahoma...

If you were to describe the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority in one word, it would be “resilience.”Whether it’s Florida’s...

When a wastewater treatment staff literally lives at the plant for five straight days during an ice storm, you’d expect them to...