Inside the April 2011 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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Cover Story
Mike Turley’s vision helps the Village of New Lenox (Ill.) prepare for the future and keep treatment plant personnel engaged and on board
Case Studies: Monitoring and Instrumentation
Case Study
![Working Hand in Hand](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fhuntley_watertreament_0002.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=143c9e061b596a348b2f3c6fb32c6dd2)
Top Performer - Plant
An Illinois village makes sure its wastewater treatment capacity keeps pace with development in a fast-growing suburban community
![Wind-Powered](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fcascade2.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=655c78eec84b560a51996448fdf0667e)
Greening the Plant
A small Wisconsin village installs a pair of wind turbines at its treatment plant that could make electricity a source of revenue, rather than an expense
![Grease Is the Word](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fgwinlin-sherman.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=ca689e13e22647e7a6eeb8a7354e37a5)
Hearts and Minds
Warwick Sewer Authority gets school kids involved in the never-ending war on FOG in the sewer system
![Small Package, Big Result](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fadding-media.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=66e7926ff8ce5193b1351fff51f231f4)
How We Do It
An IFAS process helps a Colorado Sanitation District meet the challenge of a tougher permit limit on effluent ammonia
![Beyond the Walls](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fderek-williams.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=3ed03c10f559d7389d5762df3ed46b91)
In My Words
A minimum-security prison’s treatment plant sends clean water to the environment and better people back into society
Industry News - April 2011
Industry News
Backman Appointed Managing Director for Vacon Canada; Calgon Carbon’s Ohio Plant Receives NSF Certification; Teledyne Tekmar Forms Water Quality Group; New Orleans Named Winner of Nash Oldest Pump Contest; Select WAGO Terminal Blocks Earn SCCR Rating; Alfa Laval Names Atanasio President and CEO; Gutierrez Joins EOSi as VP of Sales and Marketing; Vacuum Truck Rentals Names Gaff VP Sales and Marketing; Synagro Acquires HyPex Centrifuge Repair Service; Consortium Seeks U.S. Businesses for Global Projects Database
Observing Earth Day
Let's Be Clear
Will your treatment plant mark April 22 with any sort of public commemoration? Let us share your event with our readers.
![Reflecting History](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fpond-003.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=62e6ed2d6bd0ce19aac1d992af0efeff)
Plantscapes
City of Geneva (Ill.) staff members team up to restore a pond at the wastewater treatment plant originally established in 1933
Monitoring and Instrumentation
Product Focus
![Product News - April 2011](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fassmannstand.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=5d6af0dd8173092cc4dc5f4c72569ffd)
Product News
Featured products of April
![Jet-Action Mixing System Keeps Tank Solids Suspended](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fsiemens-jet-mix-blue-lake.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=b3c1050b36c289432c0140699bee5ff5)
Product Spotlight
JetMix hydraulic mixing system from Siemens Water Technologies
![An Air of Efficiency](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fgraph-1.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=4cf8ef8e7dce1a07146853c54a05b333)
Tech Topics
A Missouri plant knocks down energy consumption and costs with aeration improvements including variable-frequency drives and SCADA control
![P Removal: A Better Way](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fo0411-tips-tricks.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=925a7e1ce48a6b984237f43f90101438)
Special Feature
Share Your Idea
Tips and Tricks is an occasional feature of TPO in which wastewater operators tell how they took innovative measures to solve problems.
![Done Just Right](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Flan_7192.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=7c89096347074bebb1c813a347f145a8)
Top Performer - Biosolids
A Class A biosolids process keeps Stewartstown (Pa.) operations simple — and keeps area farmers coming back for more
Worth Noting - April 2011
Worth Noting
People/Awards; Education; Calendar of Events