{"title":"Operators Keep Pace With Industry Changes","authors":"Nick Pizzi","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1964","url":null,"abstract":"Water treatment advances bring improved water quality but also difficult choices for water system operators. Over the past 50 years, plant operators have kept pace with these changes to ensure public health.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140966297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization Program Improves Plant Performance","authors":"Tricia H. Kilgore","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1967","url":null,"abstract":"South Carolina's Beaufort‐Jasper Water and Sewer Authority optimized its wastewater systems using Partnership for Clean Water goals.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140967410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using 3D Printing for Teaching and Outreach","authors":"Daniel Parish","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1963","url":null,"abstract":"The water industry is a valuable and often overlooked asset to a functioning, successful society. Water utilities have dreams and nightmares about the communities they serve touring their treatment plants. To educate and benefit the public, consider using three‐dimensional (3D) printing to create models of water distribution and treatment systems.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140969968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dave Thomas, Drew Begley, Hunter Adams, S. Ash, Mark Southard
{"title":"Operators Need to Know Industrial Pretreatment Programs","authors":"Dave Thomas, Drew Begley, Hunter Adams, S. Ash, Mark Southard","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1965","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how industrial pretreatment programs protect public health and the environment gives operators a more complete picture of an often‐overlooked area of the water industry.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140970451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrating the Shared Evolution of the Safe Drinking Water Act and Partnership Programs","authors":"Barb Martin","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1962","url":null,"abstract":"While water professionals celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in 2024, this year also marks the Partnership for Safe Water's 29‐year milestone of supporting advances in water utility optimization. Although the Partnership was established 21 years after SDWA, their histories are inextricably linked. A program originally formed as a voluntary way to encourage utilities to go beyond the Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR) requirements of the time has evolved to keep pace with an increasingly complex regulatory environment and an ever‐increasing body of water science knowledge.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140969703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Take Advantage of Common‐Sense Cybersecurity Practices","authors":"Ahmed Ibrahim Khattab","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1966","url":null,"abstract":"Cybercrime is increasing, and attackers are more organized. Basic cybersecurity practices can significantly reduce a utility's chances of becoming a target.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140969184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons From the Past Can Help Operators Protect Public Health","authors":"Nick Pizzi","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1952","url":null,"abstract":"Source water challenges can add complexity to water treatment decisions, but operators must be educated and prepared to meet these challenges.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140692470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hunter Adams, Dimas Reyes, Ashley Cottrell, S. Ash, Mark Southard
{"title":"Operators Need to Know Safety Practices","authors":"Hunter Adams, Dimas Reyes, Ashley Cottrell, S. Ash, Mark Southard","doi":"10.1002/opfl.1953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/opfl.1953","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how basic safety practices can affect the daily work of operators can reduce the chance of harm to personnel and infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":87333,"journal":{"name":"Opflow","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140690386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}