Inside the August 2019 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
![A Pennsylvania Authority Finds a Clean, Neat, Efficient Solution for Moving Beyond Class B Biosolids](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Flebanon_pa_wwtp_bio_solids_-34.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=0e855f6a32528cf482916e9bdd69ebb3)
The City of Lebanon Authority’s biosolids program produces high-quality Class A material with an indirect-heated drying system
![A Career in Operations Leads to a Business Opportunity for a Colorado Professional](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftpo_wayne_ramey__profile_scofield-29.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.51&fp-y=0.34&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=5bb52bfaeab0342b1003fc0fc66a2a01)
Wayne Ramey turned a successful career in operation into a business providing contract operations to treatment facilities across Colorado
![A Popular Canadian Water Festival Celebrates a Decade of Effective Public Education](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fchathamkent4.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=f3690a378af1d244e28f4d56d0343579)
A children’s water festival in Ontario has helped turn students’ focus toward the value of water and has led some into water-related careers
Among the toughest challenges in an operator’s life is lacking control over what’s regulated and how to treat for it
![Here's Another Approach to Recovering a Valuable Nutrient From the Wastewater Stream](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fplant_image_centrate_a.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=9ab66bef2ff9c2fc478f8faddb6a4003)
Phosphate recovery technology offered by Schwing Bioset can be tailored to meet each facility’s specific operating challenges
![Evanston Looks to Apprenticeships to Help Withstand the Coming Wave of Retirements](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fevanston2.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=0c6867f11ab056e260ee418c58fdbbb5)
An Illinois city struggled to find qualified water treatment plant team members. An apprenticeship program has had a major impact.
Substances used in stain repellants, firefighting chemicals and other products are raising concerns about the safety of land-applying biosolids
![A California District Combines Wetland Treatment, Wildlife Habitat and Renewable Energy](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_6861.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=ba11ad6377d5a2d661220fd77114af4b)
A complex of ponds and wetlands around a California clean-water plant provides a treatment step for reuse water and habitat for birds and wildlife
![Biological Hydrolysis Brings a Cost-Effective Biosolids Processing Technology to the U.S.](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fsuez1.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=4f772795a010e3a54e01b651f28f70b6)
Research program yields a biological hydrolysis solution that improves anaerobic digester performance, delivers Class A product and reduces costs
![St. Bernard Parish Implements a New and More Efficient System for Flushing Water Mains](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimage_2019-05-21_at_8.49_am.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=734c13e28837fbc10ae5a9a0bd623a2e)
Automatic flushing units help save labor, improve water quality and prevent growth of pathogens in a Louisiana parish water distribution system
![A Florida County Finds New Ways to Put Reclaimed Water to Work](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fpascocounty.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=00fdedfe8bd1d64e453dc018c03035e8)
Wetlands created to help manage reclaimed water also help restore damaged natural wetlands and recharge an aquifer that supplies drinking water
![An Innovative Training Method Helps an Environmental Engineer Appreciate the Role of Operators](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fr8v1109.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=88a7d3e8594234ba22b8d07ffcbcc8e3)
Cross-training in operations helped Jordan Damerel bring more empathy and deeper knowledge to his role as director of engineering for a California agency
![Industrial Flows Are a Daily Challenge That the Norfolk Plant Team Meets Consistently](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fnorfolkwatertreatmentplanthighres-20.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=240f08ec84b6edc946c5c20af84ba7d5)
A meticulous focus on process and maintenance keeps a Nebraska plant in compliance and the office walls lined with plaques for excellence awards