Not that long ago I was able to tour the redesigned Greentown, Indiana Wastewater Treatment Facility. The Certified Operator Bryan Klein was unable to be there for the tour, but both Eric and Scott were more than welcoming and did a great job of explaining the plant. The plant has been updated and resigned from…
Last week I received an e-mail from Mark Stanifer, Chief, Compliance Branch, Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s (IDEM) Office of Water Quality that included the passing rate for the Wastewater Operator Exams given in 2016. Class I-SP and A-SO are lagoon only facilities. Class I-SP, I, II, III, IV are considered Municipal (non-industrial) and Class…
What does southern Indiana offer besides beautiful scenery? For one thing they are very welcoming; making you feel as if you are part of the family. At least that is the way the Seymour, Indiana employees at the Water Pollution Control Facility always leaves me feeling. In fact, this time when I entered the training…
In case you couldn’t tell I just LOVE to tour Wastewater Treatment plants or Sewage Plants or even Water Reclamation Facilities. So it wasn’t that strange for me to take a small group to tour the New Castle Water Pollution Control Facility to specifically look at their filter belt presses and the Grind Hog grinders….
Another stop with the individuals from Rensselaer, Indiana was the Summit Springs Regional Waste District’s Treatment Facility, located at Mt. Summit, Indiana where we were again met by the crew of Blue River Technology (Jerry, the Plant Superintendent was unable to meet us at that time). The Mt. Summit plant currently takes in two communities…
This past week Wastewater 101 and a small group from Rensselaer, Indiana spent a few hours at the Knightstown Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by Rick. The main focus of this visit was to observe the operation of Blue River Technology’s Dewatering Tower. Of course it is always helpful to tour the entire facility to see…
The Superintendent of the Portland Wastewater Treatment Plant contacted me back in the summer and asked for me to put together a wastewater treatment training program for the employees. This facility is unique in that they have primary clarifiers and it utilizes not only a conventional activated sludge system with clarivacs as their secondary clarifiers but they also have a…
We just completed another Certification Review Course at the Clay Township Regional Waste District’s Treatment Plant. The Clay Township Regional Waste District was kind enough to host the 2-day session (14 Technical Contact Hours), provide donuts in the morning and lunch to the attendees at a very low cost. Clay Township also provided a tour of their…
Bloomington has two wastewater facilities, one at the north end and one at the southern end of the City. They take turns hosting the 2-hour training sessions between Dillman Road (to the south) and Blutcher Poole (to the north). These sessions usually start with a carry-in dinner followed by the training session. This past month…
Wastewater 101’s Barb Smith and Larry Smith have been traveling around Indiana the past few months. (For those who attend the sessions you know Larry is the designated driver for Barb and it is so appreciated.) Now normally I am the only one who has fun doing the training, but we have both been enjoying…
