Since June 2012, the 0.995 mgd Hanceville (Alabama) Wastewater Treatment Plant had met all NPDES discharge permit limits set by the state...
Entries Tagged Wastewater Treatment
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5 Tips for a New Wastewater Operator From a Seasoned Veteran
When you’re new to wastewater, nothing is more important than listening to a plant’s seasoned operators. Here, Marcel Tremblay shares what he...
Editorial
An Ontario Consortium Will Help Test And Prove New Treatment Technologies
Manufacturers constantly develop new and improved wastewater treatment technologies. A key question is how and where to test and prove them before...
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UN Report Calls for Renewed Focus on Wastewater Reuse
Only 20 percent of global wastewater is currently being treated, leaving low-income countries hardest hit by contaminated water supplies and disease, according...
Editorial
Sid Fredrickson's Career In Coeur D'Alene Has Been A Continuous Quest For Excellence
During Sid Fredrickson’s first year as Coeur d’Alene wastewater superintendent, part of the answer to a challenging phosphorus limit was a process...
Editorial
YSI Offers A Hand-Held Multiparameter Instrument For Spot Sampling And Profiling Of Waters
Water utilities often need to look upstream at conditions in their source water; wastewater agencies sometimes need to explore conditions in waters...
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Senate Hearing Focuses on Wastewater Resource Recovery
The Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee held a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 2, to discuss the innovative advances...
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Roll Cameras! Action! Austin Water Facilities Goes Hollywood
Bad guy’s hideout. Post-apocalyptic town. Not exactly what you’d imagine when you think of wastewater treatment plants, but for Austin, Texas, it’s...
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Operator Solution Center: How to Think Outside the Pipe
Though made of steel and concrete, your treatment facility might not be as inflexible as it seems. The designed features and processes...
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WEF Announces 2014 Fellows Recipients
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces 12 distinguished members as the 2014 WEF Fellows recipients. This prestigious designation recognizes members’ achievements,...
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Innovator: Treatment Plant Celebrates 75 Years of Secondary Treatment
Clean-water plant anniversaries are often routine affairs, marking little more than the passage of years.There’s much more to the 75th anniversary of...
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Can Municipal Treatment Plants Handle Fracking Wastewater?
A discussion about drilling wastewater has stalled in Auburn, N.Y. after an engineering firm determined the city’s wastewater treatment plant cannot handle...
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Sound Bite: New England Phonographers Make Wastewater Music
We all have musical preferences. I tend toward the bluegrass side of things. A little acoustic guitar, some good fiddle playing and...
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Don’t Memorize Answers, Learn Processes
If Ron Trygar could change one thing about wastewater and drinking water treatment training and certifications, it would be replacing exams that...















