Posted by Jared Shepherd You never know what will make it through the sewers and into one of our three treatment plants. And every wastewater plant operator has a story to tell. When we asked Southerly Wastewater Plant Operator in Training Christen Wood what was the weirdest thing she’s seen, here’s what she...
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Maybe the Easter bunny knows we work on holidays. Could these really be Easter eggs inside one of our treatment processes? Could they have survived the journey through the sewer system? Christen Wood snapped this pic at our Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant on Sunday. These are first-stage settling tanks...
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We live for potty puns. They help us make complex projects and overlooked services something relevant and interesting to many of you. But on this April Fool’s Day, we’re stepping back to look at the big picture. Hundreds of millions of Americans live with the comfort of clean water...
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A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of a water bear. Image: Eye of Science/Science Source Billions of nearly indestructible microscopic organisms capable of surviving the extremes of outer space, freezing temperatures, and radiation. Sleep tight. Wired recently ran a great story about the water bear, scientifically known as the tardigrade,...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd For most people, wastewater treatment just happens. It’s not something many think about. One thing we’ve enjoyed on our social media channels is the ability to bring the real-world work behind cleaning dirty water right in front of people’s eyes. Sure, we’re biased, but we think it’s amazing, and...
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Well that’s not something we see every day. These open-air aeration tanks inject air bubbles into the wastewater during the treatment process at our Southerly plant, but this event is something rarely seen before. Here’s what the tanks look like in normal conditions (left image), bubbling and swirling to...
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Wally is five years old and he built a wastewater treatment plant out of Lego. Really, it’s quite impressive. That and his narrated tour of the colorfully snapped-together facility is one of the best things I’ve seen in a long time. Not something I’d want to step on with...
Read More Posted by Jared Shepherd We have a few “Where does it go?” videos of our own, but this one from The Value of Water Coalition might be a new fave of ours. Our treatment process is very similar, but we provide a different method of disinfection. Still, Walter the Water Droplet and our...
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“We had people showing up at the plants asking how they could help.” That’s how our then Director of Operations Tim Tigue described employees’ response to the great blackout of 2003 as staff was dedicated to maintaining service for customers. During the event, we sampled water on local beaches...
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If Captain America and Nick Fury need to adjust their Cleveland filming schedules anticipating rain this week and are suddenly faced with time to kill—I mean geez how much time can one spend in a commissary tent?—I’m just going to put this out there: We’d be happy to welcome...
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