Inside the September 2014 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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![Small-Town Treatment Plant Uses Biosolids To Create A High-Demand Product](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F0411_lacbio24.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=7c64e95fce86ab50330e7719635c37ea)
Cover Story
A Washington town turns to biosolids composting and creates a highly popular, revenue-producing product with strong demand from commercial and residential users.
2014 Instrumentation Directory
Worth Noting - September 2014
Worth Noting
People/Awards; Education; Events
![Geomembrane Tank Covers Control Odor, Algae Growth](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fproduct_spotlight_environetics_defender_tank_covers.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=0b6da65119f415e28df1d1e1a36b5c06)
Product Spotlight
![Grinder Pump Lift Station Package Combines Debris Destruction With Ease Of Service](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fproduct_spotlight_grundfos_packaged_lift_station.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=6f8d0f008dbb07a63548b9557f715367)
Product Spotlight
![Digital Technology](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fjohnson_controls_case_study.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=6558a29b79d4e1d773ca95378956df19)
Case Study
![Quick Connection](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fpump_station_inside2.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=2b5bf8b9797cf284e8ee8e9a2a70a1b8)
Technology Deep Dive
An off-the-shelf appliance gives smaller water and wastewater utilities a cost-effective way to monitor pumping stations.
![Beyond Firewalls](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fo0914_tech_talk_photo.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=11b679a60a25147b50b1e0d28dbf3e05)
Tech Talk
The critical nature of water and wastewater facilities demands more stringent protection of control systems to prevent malicious damage from hackers.
![It’s The Watershed](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fo0914_in_my_words_hornback.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=08b2c38d993d21077138a39babb00f00)
In My Words
NACWA advocates control of nonpoint pollution sources as a key to reducing nutrient loadings to the nation’s waters.
![A Different Way Of Thinking](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbwd_uv_upgrade-5121.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=760c178b5de6e78ebcbfb42793164170)
Sustainable Operations
Staff members with the Bangor Water District pool ideas and develop ways to reduce electricity usage while also generating on-site power.
![To A New Level](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fheron_0240.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=55c5955a16169e21b2eeacc495644fff)
How We Do It - Wastewater
First-of-a-kind technologies enable creation of a “complete removal” tertiary treatment system from a lagoon facility in central California.
![Two Birds, One Stone](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftpo_mebane_drago_0015.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=d959729148e31c5979b93cde41e40a7f)
Top Performer - Plant
A North Carolina plant team’s innovations include simultaneous nitrification-denitrification to meet upcoming phosphorus and nitrogen removal mandates.
![Fitting Right In](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fredoakcreek2.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=0141685fdb688bfdc5e61607f743d9c6)
Plantscapes
Architecture, landscaping and odor and noise controls make a Texas treatment plant an unobtrusive part of a residential area.
![Driving Up To Save Water](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_2432.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=4d672af5b0dbc4eb5d85b177faf8b594)
Hearts and Minds
In drought-ravaged northern California, Santa Rosa Water staff members take to the streets to spread the word about the need for water conservation.
![Right At Home](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_4228.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=8d5c06b3f37043832bf8954fadc9ee70)
Top Performer - Plant
The Stevens Point treatment plant lives up to its community’s environmental ethic while helping to create a climate friendly to business expansion and economic strength.
![Pulling Together](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F2014_03_04_finnegan55.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=3df933ddda8060aaac1fe4b00cbb4cc9)
Top Performer - Plant
A group of Alabama communities create a water district and deploy an innovative technology to produce abundant, high-quality water for today’s and future needs.
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Letters - September 2014
Letters
![Witnesses For Water](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fo0914_fire_chief_project.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=0f9cfb9104c85ba239709ce3dd127767)
The Fire Chief Project
A former Michigan treatment plant superintendent and his wife paddle the entire Mississippi to raise funds for Water for People.
Passing The Test
Let's Be Clear
A long-time operator argues that the secret to success in exams for water and wastewater licensing boils down to a single word. It starts with P.
Industry News - September 2014
Industry News
Product News - September 2014
Product News
Product Focus - September 2014
Product Focus