Inside the June 2016 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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![Big Cottonwood Plant Knows the Trick to Quality Water](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fshatz_bcc-2000.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=a4741613fdbc91cdab1a300c62beda44)
Cover Story
Big Cottonwood water plant marks 16 years of delivering high-quality water and earning the Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water.
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Top Performer - Operator
Josh Holton applies analytical skills learned in college to operating an efficient and high-performing treatment plant in central Ohio.
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Top Performer - Plant
Operators at the H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility meet the challenges of being neighborly and cutting down nutrient discharges.
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Top Performer - Operator
Trinity River Authority teams find the Operations Challenge sharpens workplace skills, builds strong teams and helps operators advance their careers.
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Hearts and Minds
Lessons from Orange County’s Sprinkler Spruce-Up encourage tasteful water-saving landscapes.
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Sustainable Operations
An award-winning design-build project in Miami-Dade County fuels engine-generators with a mix of digester, landfill and natural gas.
What the Heck is Activated Carbon?
Tech Talk
Adsorption treatments using a variety of carbon products are effective against organic contaminants in wastewater and drinking water streams.
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How We Do It - Wastewater
An advanced grit removal system delivers high efficiency and reliable performance for a Nebraska treatment plant.
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Plantscapes
A multi-purpose athletic field sits atop a nutrient management facility built as part of a major treatment plant upgrade in Alexandria, Virginia.
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In My Words
The California-Nevada AWWA Section aims to help utilities comply with state water audit requirements. Is tighter water accounting becoming a national trend?
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Technology Deep Dive
Inline pumping system is designed to make wastewater lift stations much less maintenance intensive while dealing with wipes and other trash.
The Wastewater Technology Leap: What's In Store for Us Now?
Let's Be Clear
Innovation no longer means incremental advances. It means whole new ways of doing things. It’s happening in the water and wastewater sectors.
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WWETT Spotlight
Solids management system from Gorman-Rupp eliminates downtime by addressing the challenges of nonwovens in wastewater.
Worth Noting - June 2016
Worth Noting
People/Awards; Calendar
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Case Studies
Industry News - June 2016
Industry News
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Product Spotlight
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Product Spotlight
Product News - June 2016
Product News
Product Focus - June 2016
Product Focus