The search for energy savings and more sustainable operations never ends at the LOTT Clean Water Alliance.
The wastewater management utility formed by...
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For This Facility, Energy Efficiency Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment
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A Kansas Operator Has a Simple Purpose: Treating Wastewater to the Best of His Ability
It didn’t take long for Scott Millholland to choose his life’s work.
It happened not long after he joined the team at the...
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Growing Up in a Drought-Plagued Region Helped Propel Lydia Teel Into a Water Career
Lydia Teel has a special place in her heart for water resources.
Growing up in northern Nevada, where constant drought made being water wise...
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DynaSand Filter Rehabilitation Greatly Improves Filtrate Quality for Large Treatment Plant
A large treatment plant includes several treatment processes that contribute to providing quality recycled water pursuant to the state of California Title...
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New Study Shows Electric Fields Can Improve Wastewater Purification Efficiency
Air stripping converts ammonia into a gas that can escape the wastewater from its surface. But this process is energy-intensive, and requires...
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Exam Study Guide - December 2021
WASTEWATER
By Rick Lallish
When conducting a sludge settleometer test, what does the first 5 minutes of the test indicate?
A. Presence of filaments
B. Particle collision...
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A Third-Generation Operator Reflects on His Career — and Looks Forward to Generation Four
Wastewater treatment is a relatively new profession that began in earnest with the Clean Water Act of 1972.
This means there are few...
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It's Sound, Not Chemistry, That Conquers Algae for This Water Supplier
It’s an old project winning awards with new technology.
Vallecitos Water District in Southern California has supplied reuse water to neighboring communities from...
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Von Eggers Is Always Ready for a Tough Task — But No One Asks Him on April 1
There’s a joke going around the Richland Department of Public Works: Von Eggers is not allowed to work on April 1 because...
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The Risks and Mitigations of Plastics in Wastewater
By now you have probably read or heard stories of the huge floating islands of plastic out in the ocean. Some reports...
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Exam Study Guide - November 2021
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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Rhode Island Teacher Transitions Into Long-Term Clean Water Career
An economic downturn gave Paul Desrosiers his start in wastewater. At the time, a few decades ago, he thought his detour away from teaching...
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Andrew Wendell's Meticulous Nature Helped Him Win a 2020 Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award
Andrew Wendell loves to keep track of data. That includes data about his own laboratory.
Wendell is the senior chemist and quality assurance/quality...
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Video Pays Tribute to Treatment Plant Operators, America's Unsung Heroes
There are many reasons people come together to form a community, but one thing is constant from New York City to Nome,...
