Inside the April 2015 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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![South Vietnam Native Duyan Tran Becomes Sustainability Director For Large Firm](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftran040.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=0ff7f60e7c4ca44c5d19f426ac8350e1)
Cover Story
Duyen Tran has come a long way from South Vietnam, to project manager in an Arkansas city, to sustainability director for a major engineering consulting firm
![UV Systems Disinfect Water In Large-Flow Treatment Plants](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fproduct_spotlight_wedeco-spektron-rev2.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=7c0fbb4ec10db40583b0c1e064d9c9ee)
Product Spotlight
![Paddlewheel Flowmeter With Analog Output Provides Remote Communication](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fproduct_spotlight_bluewhitemicroflow_analog_output.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=3c7d272491b3bc7b425e28a86e27d7af)
Product Spotlight
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Industry News - April 2015
Industry News
Product News - April 2015
Product News
Product Focus - April 2015
Product Focus
![Nebraska Plant Supplies Effluent To Heat And Cool An Innovation Campus](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fcres_heat_exchanger4.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=ca77aa3e7c9400f0f9f0dbf2d3cf9ac9)
Sustainable Operations
Keeping a tradition of sustainability, a clean-water plant in Lincoln supplies effluent to heat and cool an Innovation Campus at the University of Nebraska.
![Nebraska Operators Create Partnership To Deliver Online Training](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fo0415_in_my_words.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=31eabbf6ff23551706f2b432bbe453bd)
In My Words
Nebraska operators reach halfway across the country for a partnership to deliver high-quality online training that helps participants pass licensing exams.
![Technology Yields Exceptional Quality Biosolids Pellets In A Compact Footprint](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fbioenergy_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=870e039e1964b63b6719efe8e99f5e83)
How We Do It - Wastewater
A German-engineered solids-processing technology yields Exceptional Quality biosolids pellets in a smaller footprint and at lower cost than composting.
![Texas Utility District Creates A Spray Park To Benefit The Community](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fmissouri_city_spray_park_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=bdb2b98e5cda06cb4ec249fa158c1cf8)
Hearts and Minds
An east Texas utility district underwrites a spray park that provides heat relief for kids, instills community pride and creates openings to talk about water conservation.
![Michigan Plant Succeeds Despite Several Obstacles](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F82a6468a.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=05932f9edacbd19d72d0761c5716adf9)
Top Performer - Plant
An award-winning Michigan plant succeeds with hard work and strong community ties despite significant wet-weather flow, staff reductions and ongoing construction.
Worth Noting - April 2015
Worth Noting
People/Awards; Education; Events
![Monitoring And Instrumentation](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Felectroswitch_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=6bdb71c8b48f78b3324c7d831144762c)
Case Studies
![Q&A: Pentair Discusses Memthane Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fpentair_x-flow_uf_crossflow_skid_for_anaerobic_mbr.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=3c860addf52e04045e5d854cecf947e8)
Technology Deep Dive
The Memthane anaerobic membrane bioreactor combines digestion with ultrafiltration to enable efficient biogas production from industrial wastewaters.
![Manager Corner: Vicksburg's Mark Engdahl Learns From His Team](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fstaff.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=1dc77c2dba26b260f6bb3e665b907b23)
Building The Team
Mark Engdahl took time to learn from an experienced team as part of what can be a challenging transition to the management ranks.
![Blending In: North Carolina Plant Solves Subdivision Concerns](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fsdc10066.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=164292f99032ad863c4e3fbd2fcd6fea)
Plantscapes
Tree plantings, odor-control systems, noise abatement and new lighting strategies help the South Cary Water Reclamation Facility adapt to neighboring subdivisions.
Where is Resource Recovery Technology Headed?
Let's Be Clear
As clean-water plants look to resource recovery, technology innovation addresses greater process efficiency and energy production from the solids side.
![Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation Expands Wastewater Treatment Plant](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fhirsch_wazee_black_river_falls020.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=80092c3ba41506463cc885e499b68c0f)
Top Performer - Plant
An upgrade at the Wazee Area Wastewater Treatment Plant gives the Ho-Chunk Nation ample capacity for decades of growth and sends high-quality effluent to the Black River.
![The Cheese Niche: GreenWhey Energy Converts Dairy to Electricity](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F5666.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=ca5a72f44ec5ed3d15f98452cbeafada)
Top Performer - Biosolids
GreenWhey Energy stands on the leading edge of an industry niche for turning dairying and other food byproducts into electricity and high-quality biosolids.