Inside the January 2013 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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![Growing as Partners](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fcolepub20120618_006.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=b91a02a431a9f1d816a8b88698eefefb)
Cover Story
St. Charles operators meet the challenges of two major plant upgrades designed to meet population growth demands and protect two famous rivers.
Worth Noting - January 2013
Worth Noting
Cleaning Water and Caring for Reptiles
Visitors
![Back From the Grave](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fparis_utility_2_of_46.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=60db887180163ca2f49b096db18232d7)
Top Performer - Plant
Paris Utility District transforms an old treatment plant that had closed into a state-of-the-art facility with innovations including effluent heat recovery.
![A Sparkling Legacy](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fharlem_pumptrotters.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=321f7c81739bf485f8babf871c7e3d15)
Top Performer - Operator
New York’s Steve Askew takes pride in his plant, in his team’s performance, and in the changes wastewater treatment has helped bring to the city’s waterways.
Projects & Awards
Projects & Awards
Unraveling the Mystery
Tech Talk
Here’s why it’s important to understand oxidation-reduction potential — and why an ORP meter can be a potent item in an operator’s toolkit.
![Product News - January 2013](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbinmaster_wave_radar_level_sensor_180122_120733.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=075fc9f7c8406590299ae24d8207a9d5)
Product News
![Headworks Package Provides Complete Screening and Grit Removal](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftpo_product_spotlight_-_smith__loveless_pista_works_-_cmyk.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=aa17b80f21e63363ce714af8fbdae0c6)
Product Spotlight
![Process Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fkruger_180122_120739.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=7ea5535e4d0208345fa824256db8bd92)
Product Focus
![In the Swim](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fdsc_0359.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=208289448a46320093345326c4fda4fc)
Plantscapes
A Kentucky community turns its old treatment plant into an aquaculture facility in a partnership with a university and a private company.
We Can’t Afford What?
Let's Be Clear
A report shows that utility leaders worry about future funding for water and wastewater systems. On this issue, our society needs to grow up and get with it.
![Industry News - January 2013](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fpsg_euro-center_staff_180122_120737.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=3df9649175aa6f329724718f6e0800a2)
Industry News
New Paradigms for Energy
In My Words
A WERF research project looks beyond energy efficiency, aiming to begin identifying pathways to energy self-sufficiency for clean-water plants.
![Drop-In Deliverance](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fwingate_2.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=e147a608267bf38bf726d499cf1a3275)
How We Do It
A new mixer and reactor save on energy and chemicals at a wastewater treatment lagoon in Indiana.
![Gone, But Not Forgotten](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fexhibit.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=8f8e16b3f800299e0a7012df9db1519c)
Hearts and Minds
A book and lobby exhibit lets employees and the public experience the history of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District in Denver.
![Better Recipe](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_0372.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=a225e1037aef5d48a6ff5f9662929c38)
Greening the Plant
A new chemical treatment process helps a Florida plant produce Class A biosolids at significantly lower energy and overall operating costs.
![Process Chemistry and Laboratory Analysis](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbeckart_180122_113945.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=d5828d22b61b8aef77e91c001d9b8c42)
Case Study
Originally in Water System Operator
![Making Great Music](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F20120719ecwso_lawrence006.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=84957c68a8c8f564ab20314a3cf4a95f)
Cover Story
Joe Geary and his team at Lawrence, Mass., met the challenges of a new treatment plant with cross-training, teamwork and consistent ingenuity.
![Product News - January 2013](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fasahi_america_quarter_master_remote_cycle_180122_125514.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=02050e916f444840c3da94011356e5d6)
Product News
Worth Noting - January 2013
Worth Noting
![Just For Grown-Ups](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbrazos_web_page_2.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=5508030cec34edc98e3d47509104a27d)
Winning Them Over
An online Water School helps the Brazos River Authority educate adults about the importance of water quality and conservation.
![A Truly Bad Actor](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F100_03761.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=3dd73be6bfef5613b447b8d3bb4683ba)
Tech Talk
Hexavalent chromium is known for its negative health and environmental impacts and its extreme toxicity. U.S. EPA rulemaking for this metal is under way.
![Fluoridation: A Better Way?](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fims_2.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=d909a962917dd0ee907ea7e5c329090e)
Technology Deep Dive
New skid-mounted fluoride saturator and feed system eliminates solids carryover into pumps, helping to reduce maintenance and downtime.
![Watershed Guardians](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fmike_lynn.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=b4bd32ec3c429f916d640f757e237ff0)
Sustainable Practice
A rigorous water source protection program allows Syracuse to avoid filtration and save millions of dollars annually.
![Source Correction](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_8591_180122_124900.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=fd4c167b4af7b72044a4c172b967e2ec)
Quality Leaders - Plant
Impairment to the watershed that supplies the Bellingham Water Treatment Plant challenges the county, the city and plant operators in delivering high-quality water.
![One of a kind](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_0173.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=9001f87c9311b4c6d16e589f2ea38443)
Quality Leaders - Plant
A major upgrade that included a rapid clarification process new to Ohio allowed Steubenville plant operators to prove their mettle.
Projects & Awards
Projects & Awards
![Potable Tank Mixers Provide Low-Cost Solution](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fproductspotlight_gridbee_diagram.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=edd8c772dc00a8102c1667f5aa07a236)
Product Spotlight
![Treatment and Filtration](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Faquaaerobic_180122_125524.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=47896624bc48e4dc20cbdc2721d335b1)
Product Focus
Higher Frequency — and a New Channel
On Tap
Responding to readers’ warm welcome, WSO upgrades to a monthly publication. We’re also offering exclusive online articles with information to help you excel.
![Industry news - January 2013](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbadger_meter_water_buffalos__badger_meter_180122_125522.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=b6dbb45a3a0f074671e1b481c5b0ec3b)
Industry News
![Treatment and Filtration](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fflotrend3.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=53b137b9c83b63c0cad0fc9857c6e22e)
Case Studies
![An Adsorbing Story](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fkp-01.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=9877ff0c71cca73f666b77417ae3d820)
Bright Ideas
Granular activated carbon helps a California water district increase treatment flexibility, resolve seasonal taste and odor issues, and comply with Stage 2 DBPR.