The Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC) at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville recently was the 2014 recipient of the Governor’s Sustainability Award, presented annually...
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News Briefs: Phosphorus Bill Links Wastewater Plants and Dairy Farmers
Wastewater treatment plants near Green Bay, Wis., could receive a reprieve from phosphorus discharge standards. A bill introduced by State Sen. Rob...
Editorial
Pursuing Net Zero
North Conway lies in the heart of the Mount Washington Valley in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. The nearby Saco River offers fishing...
Editorial
We Are Environmentalists
Howard Carter wants people to know that wastewater treatment plants are in the business of protecting — not polluting — the...
Editorial
Sized Just Right
The Neely Wastewater Reclamation Plant in Gilbert, Ariz., now gets 44 percent of its electricity from photovoltaic solar arrays it...
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Green Innovations
Persistence and patience are bringing a payback to an upstate New York wastewater treatment plant, and facility officials say there could be...
Editorial
Grabbing Opportunity
The Charles River Pollution Control District (CRPCD) in Medway, Mass., identified a need for improved efficiency, then found a way to fill...
Editorial
Sun-Dried Success
When the sun shines on Natchez, Miss., it does more than just brighten the day. It saves the Natchez Wastewater Treatment Facility...
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Catching the Rain
A Green Improvement project at the wastewater treatment plant in the Village of Lyons, N.Y. (population 4,000), shows you don’t have to...
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Touching All Bases
From active solar biosolids dryers to an aggressive office-recycling program, the Noblesville (Ind.) Wastewater Treatment Plant has done its part to help...
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Outlook Sunny
Staff members at the Boulder (Colo.) Wastewater Treatment Plant know exactly how much they will pay for about 15 percent of the...















