Inside the March 2020 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
![Christen Wood Made a Change — and Discovered the Career of a Lifetime](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2F5y7a1916a.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=c7353278e192e259ee3d9dbca727e980)
Christen Wood followed her heart from lab work into a successful career in operations (and as a musical performer at WEFTEC).
People/Awards; Events
How long before the industry’s default position is to emphasize ‘clean water’ instead of ‘wastewater’ or ‘sewage’? It’s time to stop taking baby steps.
The Grundfos machine health monitoring service for rotating equipment forges partnerships with customers aimed at achieving new levels of reliability.
The newly branded Clean Water Professionals of Kentucky & Tennessee looks to start a movement to lend the industry greater stature and more respect.
![Colorful Circular Clarifiers Carry a Vital Message to a Community](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fdji_0041.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=e8db2564adfb550a5fe3f2f0cd82b70b)
Murals on the primary clarifiers at an Ohio clean-water plant help passersby appreciate the role of treatment in habitats and ecosystems.
![There's More Than One Way to Disinfect Effluent With UV Technology](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fcontrol_room_uv_reactor_graphic_display.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=d7dbe91171721e751bcb49b8d3c43cdb)
A replacement UV disinfection system cuts costs for energy, parts and maintenance labor at a Massachusetts clean-water plant.
![Energy Savings: For a New Hampshire Clean-Water Plant, It's Not Complicated](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2FTPO0320-Sustainable-Operations-wnnipes1.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=4c558d290a90c64f554cc7123907be58)
Persistent efforts to cut energy consumption yield a statewide energy efficiency award for a regional utility in New Hampshire.
![A California District Partners With Other Utilities to Meet All of Its Customers’ Irrigation Needs](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Ftpo-00092.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=df2033f76d84415105821aad23fcd7a7)
The Olivenhain Municipal Water District works in partnership to ensure abundant recycled water for its own residents and for neighboring communities.
![Brian McDade Has a Passion for Water Treatment and a Calling to Help Others](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fimg_9748.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=218d12c799087fcef3542bb2b56b4082)
At first, water treatment was just a job for Brian McDade. It soon became a career and a calling to help others progress and excel.
![Diana Heimbach Started Her Wastewater Career by Working in the Laboratory. Now She's a Project Manager.](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fallen_town_lebanon_county_treatment_plant_-1.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.265&h=75&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=75&s=81f5678221587afc084f6a94518987a8)
Diana Heimbach and her team make sure the Lehigh County Authority sends high-quality pretreated water down the pipeline for final treatment.
![Creatures From Prehistoric Times Visit a California Clean-Water Facility](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fgoleta2.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=4ba761f7b967a56df5de75e764827d94)
Visitors encounter a 30-foot Tyrannosaurus rex at a Goleta Sanitary District treatment plant open house.