It’s a common tale. A small community’s clean-water plant is aging. The operators know it’s time to modernize or upgrade. They know...
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Athens Treatment Plant Keeps Up Appearances
When the Athens (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant came online in 2009, the staff faced a few training and startup challenges. Listen in...
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New Nitrogen Limit? No Problem for These Operators
Plant Manager Mike Wiseman takes you on a tour of the Asheboro (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Facility. Plus, learn how the operations team...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Biosolids Spill Shuts Down Highway
Drivers on U.S.-126 outside of Lansing, Mich., were held up in traffic after a truck carrying processed biosolids tipped over, emptying its...
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News Briefs: Heavy Rains and Sump Pumps Cause WWTP Woes
Heavy rains and excess water from homeowner sump pumps nearly caused disaster at a treatment plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., last week.“Our...
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News Briefs: Study Finds Wastewater Contains Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
According to a new French study, cities and hospitals are releasing wastewater into the environment that contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria.The study suggests that...
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Sacramento's Sanitation District Plans $1.5 Billion Upgrade
After initially challenging the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s findings that elevated volumes of ammonia and pathogens were present in...
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Weekly News Briefs: Illegal Dumping Causes Contamination at Treatment Plant
On Feb. 15, plant operators at the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Charlotte, N.C., detected a strange odor in the wastewater,...
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Weekly News Brief: Is New York Ready for Another Sandy?
More than a year after Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern seaboard, wastewater treatment plants are still searching for a silver bullet to...
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Lessons Learned From Wildlife Hazards
When 10 deer recently got stuck in steep wastewater storage ponds at the Napa Resort Improvement District Wastewater Treatment Facility near Lake...
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Nematode Infestation Demands Process Changes
The wastewater treatment industry faces new challenges every day. Technologies are developed to meet compliance standards in the face of these new...
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$300 Million Wake-Up Call Leads to Streak of Accolades
The non-compliance lawsuit filed against the Wayne County (Mich.) Downriver Wastewater Treatment Facility in the mid-1980s was not only a shock to...
Editorial
Tenacious Team
F loods, hurricanes, power outages and high winds are just a few obstacles overcome by operators at the Octoraro Water Treatment Plant...
Videos
"Ready to Grow" - Southampton County, Va. - July 2013 TPO Video Profile
Operators at the Courtland Wastewater Reclamation Facility had a lot to learn when their brand new five-stage Bardenpho plant started up in...
















