Clean Water to Go
Energy producers and drillers take note as a new mobile evaporator unit begins cleaning up “frac” water in the West Texas gas fields.
By George Leposky

Growing Away Waste Water
Landscapes replace leachfields as the treatment benefits of constructed ecosystems prove cost-effective for builders and homeowners alike.
By Carol Steinfeld and David Del Porto

Grease “Traps” Making (New) Names for Themselves
New sizing criteria for the IAPMO’s plumbing code could significantly change the strategies for controlling fats, oils, and greases (FOGs).
By David Engle

Mobile Lifesaver Stands Ready to Serve
The US Navy and Marine Corps’ transportable water purification system is geared to go where the need if greatest. Just ask the folks in Mississippi.
By Maj. Alan Stocks

Coming Soon: NOWRA’s Model Code
Six years in the making, this “Model Performance Code for Decentralized Wastewater Infrastructure” should affect every phase of the industry.
By David Engle

A Fish Tale With a Clean Ending
Clogged media, age, increased demands, and cleaning difficulties left this Massachusetts fish processor with a serious odor problem.
By Pete Hildebrandt

Sunshine, Snow, and the Natural Flow
When Sun Peaks Resort needed to upgrade its septic system, it decided on an innovative new design that would change with the seasons.
By Sam Masson

A Big OWT Training Facility in Our Smallest State
As Rhode Island’s nickname, “The Ocean State,” implies, its residents are never far from the Atlantic—and the pressures of handling wastewater.
By Pete Hildebrandt

Like Dating Before Marriage
Making a perfect match between a project and its design is one of the most important decisions to be made by engineers and wastewater professionals.
By Jim Higgins and Mark Liner

Purified Wastewater Improves the Flow
A prickly problem for many communities is being resolved on a major scale by the departments of water and sanitation in Orange County, CA.
By Penelope Grenoble O’Malley