Faced with a future mandate to limit phosphorus and nitrogen discharged to Jordan Lake, the City of Mebane (N.C.) expected to upgrade...
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Innovator: Treatment Plant Celebrates 75 Years of Secondary Treatment
Clean-water plant anniversaries are often routine affairs, marking little more than the passage of years.There’s much more to the 75th anniversary of...
Videos
"Young and Growing" - Big Bear California - April 2014 TPO Video Profile
With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...
Editorial
Young And Growing
With a little more than five years’ experience, Troy Bemisdarfer has already made a name for himself at the Big Bear (Calif.)...
Editorial
A Sunny Outlook
In north central Utah’s desert climate, water is scarce and sunlight abundant. The Tooele City Water Reclamation Facility helps ease the first condition...
Editorial
A Vested Interest
A team of three does it all at the Jamestown (R.I.) Wastewater Treatment Facility, from dealing with I&I and droughts to operating...
Editorial
Can't Be Stopped
The Rahway Valley Sewerage Authority commissioners took a beating from the public when they approved a $170 million clean-water plant upgrade, finished...
Editorial
Try, Try Again
“Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lie before you.” Author Denis Waitely could have...
Editorial
On a Mission
Utilities superintendent Steven Hardeman says the Norman (Okla.) Water Reclamation Facility runs like a business. In truth, most businesses could learn...
Editorial
Private Perspective for Public Good
The 4.7 mgd Dover (N.H.) Wastewater Treatment Facility operates under facility supervisor Ray Vermette — who also serves as chief operator....
Editorial
A Total Team Effort
The South Lyon Clean Water Plant is animportant line of defense in what the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) classifies as...
Editorial
Creating a Jewel
Jim Stewart credits his mother for getting him started in the wastewater treatment field. His career has spanned 30 years, first in...
Editorial
Eye on the Little Things
When Darrin Boyer looks intothe microscope, he likes what he sees. “I’m fascinated by the different protozoa, the population densities, the most...
Editorial
School to Work
At a treatment plant that has been practicingbiological nutrient removal (BNR) for more than 20 years and enjoys a unique relationship with...
















