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Operator trainee James Schaff replaces filter cartridges in the treatment plant’s reverse osmosis system.
When the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, decided to build its own water treatment plant, it selected reverse osmosis.
The city had purchased water from Pinellas County but wanted an independent supply, says Ronald Claunch, the RO plant’s lead operator. With its own plant, the...