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Huge Upgrades Will Help Humboldt Accommodate Chicken Plant Wastewater
Humboldt (Tennessee) Utilities’ wastewater treatment plant is undergoing a $25.5 million upgrade that will move it from a trickling filter contact solids...
Editorial
From the Lab to the Treatment Process: A Longtime Professional Makes a Successful Transition
Jane Leatherland worked in labs for most of her professional career. But when the chance came to take over operations of the...
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Clear Chattanooga: Rebranding a Consent Decree, Revitalizing a City
The wastewater infrastructure system in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is undergoing a massive makeover, mostly in an effort to boost the system’s ability to...
Editorial
A Mix of Surface and Groundwater Sources Keeps This Tennessee City Well-Supplied
Over the years, the east Tennessee city of Crossville has faced challenges in keeping the water flowing to customers. With each challenge...
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News Briefs: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear WWTP Case Involving Clean Water Act
Entry 244454
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a case about the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the highest court in the...
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News Briefs: Worker Falls to Her Death From Water Tower
Entry 244584A 28-year-old woman recently died after falling 100 feet from a water tower in McLeansville, North Carolina, while performing her duties...
Editorial
There's Never a Surplus of Biosolids Product in Athens, Tennessee. Demand Exceeds Supply
The Athens Utilities Board is in a position where any product marketer would like to be: demand that exceeds supply.
Since 2006, the...
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News Briefs: Human Error Causes Chlorine Tank Overflow
Entry 244961A recent wastewater spill of more than 1.5 million gallons into Casco Bay was due to human error, according to a...
Editorial
Lebanon Breaks New Ground in Self-Sufficiency With a Tennessee Gasification Initiative
It started with a landfill running out of space and on borrowed time. It ended with an energy plant that each year...
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News Briefs: Watertown Cited for Safety Violations in Operator’s Death
The city of Watertown, New York, has been cited by the state for seven safety violations related to the death of wastewater...
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News Briefs: Operator Gets Settlement After Exposing E. Coli Cover-Up
A former wastewater treatment plant superintendent was awarded a confidential settlement after he sued the city of Maryville, Tennessee, for firing him.
The...
Editorial
Rolling Hills and Multiple Pressure Zones Don't Deter This Tennessee Distribution Team
Kingsport is a city of hills and ridges. Nestled in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee, it is also a place where...
Editorial
Success Is About Technology — And the People Who Make It Work
There was supposed to be a three-month window. It didn’t materialize.Instead, the old water filtration plant in Hendersonville, Tennessee, closed at 10:09...
















