Inside the July 2020 Issue of Treatment Plant Operator
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An award-winning superintendent shares credit with her team for a Wisconsin clean-water plant’s consistent quality performance.
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Skilled operators and quality products make an unbeatable combination in water and wastewater treatment plants.
See how these partnerships ensure success in this special section.
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A California water district sweeps up four public relations awards for its community outreach and education initiatives.
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The Hobbs Wastewater Reclamation Facility in southeast New Mexico reclaims all its influent and beneficially uses its entire biosolids stream.
![Ed Hayner Started Out Just Trying to Make a Living. He Ended Up With a Clean-Water Career and a Life of Service.](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fstafford_va_wwtp_-28.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=be9fa983468e0f50d8cec4e7041a7f0f)
Hatfield award-winner Ed Hayner brings the same selfless attitude to his plant manager role as he does to volunteer work for the local food pantry.
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A Colorado plant reaps 38% electricity savings and rapid payback with a project combining two separate blower systems into one all-purpose package.
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A ballasted flocculation system enabled the Santan Vista Water Treatment Plant to double capacity at low cost.
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A Kansas community honors its Wizard of Oz connections with a newly finished water tower that portrays the wizard’s balloon.
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A fully automated receiving station combines complete pretreatment and processing functions with transaction recording for tracking and invoicing.
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The Great Lakes Water Authority’s award-winning apprenticeship programs are helping to fill the pipeline with well-qualified team members.
Product standards? Education? Grinding? What will solve the wipes problem? Clean-water agencies and wipes industry groups have differing perspectives.
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