Entries Tagged Sustainability

The Colfax Wastewater Treatment Plant looked to the sun as an antidote for steadily increasing utility electric rates

Team members at a Cape Coral clean-water plant aren’t afraid to change things up. Their persistent upgrading dialing in earned them a 2025 Earle B. Phelps award.

A New Jersey authority turns to biogas-fueled CHP for sustainable biosolids management and resiliency for the community and region

Raleigh students’ artworks help educate and engage the public on stormwater runoff and other water-quality issues

Modern technologies and sharp operators help a 1950 vintage California clean-water plant produce quality effluent and win recognition

A central Wisconsin city is setting a national example with an aggressive 5-year program to inventory and replace some 8,000 lead water service lines

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District helps a school district transform its primary, middle and high school properties with green infrastructure

Hillsborough County’s Northwest Regional WRF protects water resources while helping its west central Florida communities deal with water stresses

St. Lucie County’s award-winning Holiday Pines Wastewater Treatment Facility consistently produces high-quality reclaimed water for golf course irrigation

The Utah city of South Jordan proceeds slowly and carefully with a direct potable reuse project that could secure its future water supply

A careful search for low-cost and no-cost changes helped a New York clean-water plant reduce energy bills by more than 5%

Rianna Laughridge drew inspiration from the world underwater. She surfaced as a high-performing California clean-water operator.