The Tussahaw Water Plant has achieved a compliance record that many would envy.
This conventional surface water plant, owned by the Henry County...
Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment Plant
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Case Studies: Digital Technology
Wastewater collection and treatment plant updated with PLCs, SCADA
Problem
The city of Faribault, Minnesota, needed to modernize its wastewater collection system and treatment plant. The...
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Exam Study Guide - August 2022
Licensing exams can be challenging. Our Exam Study Guide helps you prepare by presenting questions similar to those on an actual exam. You can...
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Rapid-Settling Clarification from Veolia Helps a Canadian Community's River Run Clear
A new residuals management process at a water treatment plant in Alberta is designed to improve the environment for fish and for recreational...
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Multi-Talented Danny Locco Is Well Positioned to Lead His Utility Through Important Initiatives
Danny Locco is a man of many talents. His diverse training, education and varied positions in the water treatment industry make him...
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Smart Energy Improvements Include More Efficient Mixing for a Denitrification Process
Replacing anoxic zone mixers with much more energy-efficient units is saving more than $22,000 per year for a water pollution control facility...
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At North Port, Nothing Is Wasted. The Clean-Water Plant Even Has a Garden Where Operators Grow Healthy Foods
Look up the word “efficient” and you’ll find it defined as “producing desired results without wasting materials, time or energy.”
That certainly describes...
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Starting Out as an Immigrant Was Challenging. This Lab Tech Cleared the Hurdles and Found Success.
Joga Chizer had no kind of background for the clean-water industry. As an immigrant, he wanted a job. He found an opportunity...
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Staffers Become Actors and Narrators for This Video on the Workings of a Treatment Plant
For over 40 years the South Platte Renew wastewater treatment plant sent clean effluent to the South Platte River.
When the COVID virus...
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Case Studies: Odor Control and Disinfection
Continuous ion exchange technology utilized to combat rising nitrate levels
Problem
The city of Bayard, Nebraska was experiencing rising nitrate levels in their water and...
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A Durable Receiving Station and a Fine Screen Helped this Facility Turn Septage Into an Asset
Two things are certain about septage. It is highly variable. And by its very nature — containing assorted debris, releasing odors and...
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Daphnia Problem? Here's How One Clean-Water Plant Gobbled It Up
For weeks the staff at the Clarkston Wastewater Treatment Plant battled an aggravating overpopulation of Daphnia in the secondary clarifiers.
The tiny crustaceans, often called...
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A New Hampshire Plant Keeps Humming Along Through a Four-Year Upgrade
To call the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility a success story is an understatement.
The plant, recently upgraded to advanced secondary treatment and...
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Forty Years in Clean Water. No Plans to Retire
Many high school students find their first jobs at McDonald’s or Burger King. Not Wade Lagle.
“I didn’t really want to work at a...


















