Ten Practices of Highly Effective Water Utilities   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004   By Janice A Beecher
The concept of continuous improvement complements the idea of developing a water systems’ capabilities over time to ensure safe and reliable water service.

Increasing Reliability while Reducing Maintenance Costs   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004   By Mark Granger
The rapid growth of a large city in the south is overwhelming the current water distribution system and straining the already overworked staff.

How to Skate Through an OSHA Inspection   Water & Wastes Digest December 2004
In those inspections last year, OSHA found 83,539 total safety violations, an 8% increase over fiscal 2002.

Keeping Up With the Times   Water & Wastes Digest October 2004   By Tim Gregorski
WWD examines some of North America’s the latest municipal upgrades.

Interested in Saving Money? Control Your Life Cycle Costs   Water & Wastes Digest February 2004   By Tim Gregorski
In-depth analysis of equipment life cycle costs and educated decisions by utility managers can help minimize unexpected expenses while maximizing production life.

At Work on Analytical Equipment   Water Engineering & Management March 2002
Remediation teams must be flexible and responsive to last-minute changes including packing up equipment and coming back another day if eagles are sighted.
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Products At Work - Non-Metallic Enclosures Solve Corrosion Problem in Brewery   Water Engineering & Management March 2002
Non-Metallic Enclosures Solve Corrosion Problem in Brewery

System Enables Nitrate Measurement Directly In-Line   Water Engineering & Management January 2002
Unlike other nitrate measurement systems, there is no need for reagents, pumps or rigorous maintenance procedures.
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Customer Service Starts With Leadership   Water Quality Products December 2001   Sean Ferguson, WQP Staff
If you want customers to feel important and needed, then start with the employees in charge of them. Employees are just as important as the customers are, and until you treat them with the importance they deserve, you will see a constant decline in service.
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Pumping System Helps Town Bring New Development Up to Code   Water Engineering & Management November 2001
When a Leicester, Mass., developer planned a subdivision of 16 houses at the same elevation as the town’s water tower, he was faced with the problem of how to provide minimum water pressure mandated by the state. He had read about the use of a Goulds Aquavar pump control system in high-rise commercial buildings, and the idea of a variable-speed system appealed to him. He thought a pressure-demand system might do the job cost effectively.
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Waterproofing the Montsouris Reservoir: Using Hydraulic Binders and Nonwoven Geotextiles to End Leaks   Water Engineering & Management August 2001
Leakage problems have plagued the reservoir since it entered service.
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Company Produces Pipeline in Record Time   Water Engineering & Management July 2001
On March 9, 2000, a 27*-diameter petroleum pipeline ruptured near Caddo Creek in East Texas. This creek is a source of water for Lake Tawakoni, a major water supply for Dallas Water Utilities and nine other water suppliers in Texas. Some 600,000 gallons of reformulated gasoline were spilled into the creek.
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Using Horizontal Wells for Groundwater Remediation   Water Engineering & Management April 2001

Backflow Preventer Assemblies Help Nevada City Save Time, Costs   Water & Wastes Digest August 2000
Conbraco Industries, Inc.'s 4S Series double-check detector backflow preventer assembly, with its short lay length and ease of installation, solved the problem of corroding and obsolete valves for the city of North Las Vegas.

New Software Upgrades Process Control For Operators At New York Plant   Water & Wastes Digest August 2000
Recently, the village of Honeoye Falls, New York, found a relatively inexpensive way to upgrade the process control system at its wastewater treatment facility. They used Rotork PakScan software and an old, recycled computer.

Dairy Farmers Having Success Piping Animal Waste to Lagoons   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
Two dairy farmers have found similar success using animal waste lagoons to protect groundwater and cut overhead. For one of these farmers, recycling the herd’s waste has even led to another farm-based business.

Breathing New Life Into a Legacy SCADA System   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
When the Town of Derry in New Hampshire set out to upgrade its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system in the fall of 1999, it faced the challenge of adapting the new system to its existing remote telemetry units (RTUs).

Water Storage Tank Fulfills Water Needs   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
A conspicuous structure with alternating red and white stripes stands in the City of Sylacauga, 45 miles southeast of Birmingham, Ala. The brightly colored, towering object is a new water storage tank, the largest to be built in the city and a crucial contribution to the city’s present water needs and future growth.

Valve Control Network Helps Bring Aging Water Plant Up to Date   Water Engineering & Management August 2000
The City of Bismark, N.D., in 1996 drafted a plan to upgrade the filter beds in its 43-year-old water treatment plant. The goal was to advance into a networked automation system that would provide up-to-date control of its filters and be easily expandable to keep pace with future automation demands.

Controls Save Sinking Systems at Two Wastewater Treatment Plants   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
Back in 1980 when the North Buffalo (N.C.) Wastewater Treatment Plant went online with a central computer linked directly to all of its field devices, operators were excited by the newfound advantages of automation.

Pipe Used in Rehab of County Sewer Inceptions   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
For ten years, Hobas Pipe USA and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) have united to renew many of the County's 21 to 108-inch sewer interceptors.

Company Rehabs Trunk Sewer While Rerouting 12 mgd of Sewage Flow   Water Engineering & Management July 2000
Using a temporary sewage bypass pumping system and its nondisruptive pipe rehabilitation methods, Insituform Technologies, Inc., has rehabilitated a half-mile-long section of trunk sewer buried beneath a Tucson roadway.

Alberta Plant Protects Pumps With Grinder   Water & Wastes Digest July 2000
A Muffin Monster® grinder located in front of the two peristaltic pumps helped prevent the rupture of the rubberized hose inside the pumps at the Banff, Alberta, Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Vertical Turbine Pump Provides Easy Retrofit For Georgia Facility   Water & Wastes Digest July 2000
A MPVT multipurpose vertical turbine pump from Patterson Pump was recommended for retrofitting an existing underground lift station that pumps raw sewage to a holding pond at 2,500 gpm with a head of 65 feet in the city of Toccoa, Georgia.

Progressive Cavity Pumps Provide Solution for New Jersey Plant   Water & Wastes Digest July 2000
In 1988, the Edgewater Waste Water Treatment PLant underwent a significant upgrade to meet the demands of growing population in this increasingly popular area. Among the new equipment installed during this expansion were rotary lobe pumps for sludge transfer.

Concrete Pipe Reduces Strain on Austin’s Water Supply   Water Engineering & Management June 2000
Since 1845 when it became the capital of the state of Texas, the City of Austin’s primary focus was on government. However, in the late 1970s, the character and employment pattern of the city began to change.

Aeration Technology Adds Productivity, Saves Money During Contamination Clean-Up   Water Engineering & Management April 2000
Density-Driven Convection (DDC), developed by Wasatch Environmental, Inc., is a high-efficiency in-situ aeration technology that can save 50 percent or more of the cost of some groundwater treatment techniques and rid sites of contaminants in considerably less time, according to Wasatch President Les Pennington.

Colorado Water Utility Saves Personnel, Maintenance Costs With Digital Pressure Recorder   Water & Wastes Digest April 2000
The City of Aurora, Colorado faced the challenge of monitoring water pressure in an area where expanding population and new building construction are rapidly increasing.