Sometimes a clean-water plant that has performed reliably for years simply gets old and needs renewal. That’s the case at the East...
Editorial
Investing in Employee Training and Major Upgrade Prepare Clean-Water Facility for the Future
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Editorial
Numbers Replace Sight, Sound, Smell and Intuition at the Water Plants in Louisville, Colorado
Data increasingly guides water and wastewater treatment operating decisions. Numbers replace sight, sound, smell and dosing-and-retention-time guidance handed down from old-timers. Plants...
Editorial
An Innovative Treatment Solution to Suit a Legendary University
Significant operational challenges. That’s something of an understatement when making wastewater treatment enhancements at an international research university that after 170 years...
Editorial
For This Utah Wastewater Operations Manager, Water Isn't Just a Job
When Steve Williams went to work for the Magna Water and Sewer District in 1977, it was “just a job.” Not anymore.
“It...
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Success Takes Everyone. A New Mexico Treatment Plant Shows How.
Residents of the Las Campanas subdivision
near Santa Fe, New Mexico, enjoy beautiful neighborhoods, amenities, and scenery. They also benefit from an...
Editorial
Chris Patterson Leads by Serving. It's His Ticket to a Successful Water and Wastewater Career
Chris Patterson is right where he’s meant to be: gas, water and wastewater manager for the city of Jacksonville, Alabama.
His job is...
Online Exclusives
Time to Apply: USDA Announces $5 Billion in Funding for Rural Water/Wastewater Improvements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities Service has announced that more than $4 billion in Direct Loan funds and $1...
Online Exclusives
Hawaii’s Groundbreaking Wastewater Project Officially Unveiled
The completion of Hawaii’s largest ever wastewater system upgrade was formally announced last week by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell. The project cost...
Editorial
Plant Ensures Quality Effluent Through Sound Maintenance and Continuing Education for Staff
There’s nothing fancy about the Pascagoula/Moss Point (Mississippi) Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Day by day, year by year, it churns out clean...
Editorial
Ditching a Piecemeal Plan in Favor of Comprehensive WWTP Overhaul
Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared.
That’s what happened when the New York village of...
Editorial
Progressive Cavity Pumping Solves a Florida Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Biosolids Cake Conveyance Problem
Conveyance of biosolids sludge cake from dewatering equipment to further processing or truck transport can be challenging, even under favorable design conditions.
The...
Editorial
James Dean Constantly Infuses Team Members With a Passion for Continuous Improvement
James Dean may be the Mr. Efficiency of wastewater treatment. As manager of wastewater treatment facilities for North Baldwin Utilities in Bay...
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This Massachusetts WWTP Plans to Double Its Capacity in the Same Footprint
Facing expanding coverage territories and stricter regulations regarding the concentrations of nitrates and phosphorous in treated wastewater, the Wareham (Massachusetts) Water Pollution...
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Walking Through California’s Treatment Plant Upgrade of the Year
A major $13 million upgrade earned the City of Oakdale (California) Wastewater Treatment Plant recognition as the Treatment Plant Upgrade of the...
