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Growing a Career in Wastewater

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Wastewater Workforce Wisdom

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Preparing Water Utilities For An Aging Workforce

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PFAS Series, Part 4: Navigating PFAS Drinking Water Standards and Regulatory Changes

5

Clean Water SRF Series: Septic System Success in Northwest Arkansas

6

Aging Equipment: Repair, Upgrade, or Replace?

7

Wastewater Funding: Fact or Fiction?

8

PFAS Series, Part 3: PFAS Treatment Technologies

9

Wastewater Treatment Plant Types 101

10

Think Outside the Tank: How to reach out to your community

11

How the EPA Creates Wastewater Regulations and What Small Communities Can Do

12

Design Strategies for Green Schoolyards

13

Cleaning Our Waterways: Green Infrastructure Solutions for 6PPDQ

14

Smoke Testing 101: It’s  Not a Pipe Dream!

15

Cybersecurity: How to Start

16

Preparing a Small Utility for Capital Improvements

17

Clean Water Act: Costs, Compliance, and Long-Term Benefits

18

Backflow Prevention and Beyond: Lessons from Mount Vernon’s Cross-Connection Control Program

19

Navigating Federal Funding for Small Water Systems

20

PFAS Series, Part 2: Understanding PFAS Risks and Regulations

21

Prepared, Compliant, and Resilient: Emergency Readiness for Water Utilities

22

Keeping Wastewater Systems Running When Disaster Strikes

23

Common Board Issues

24

Navigating Wastewater Funding with Limited Capacity

25

From the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement to Action: BMPs and Workforce Programs

26

Winter Wisdom: Best Practices for Cold Weather Operations

27

Water and Energy Use of AI Data Centers and Small System Communities

28

Small System Challenges and Shared Solutions

29

PFAS Series, Part 1: An Intro to PFAS with Dr. Clare Pace from Berkeley's Water Equity Science Shop (WESS)

30

Permit to Protect: Inside Municipal Wastewater Operations

31

Water Under Pressure: The Future of Our Infrastructure

32

Prepping Your Septic System for the Future

33

Ensuring Water Quality Through Treatment - Part 2

34

Ensuring Water Quality Through Treatment - Part 1

35

Building Your Green Infrastructure Workforce: A case study from Tucson

36

Risk Management for Water Systems: A Case Study of Goleta Water District in Santa Barbara County, California

37

Managing Decentralized Systems in Mobile Home Parks

38

A Day in the Life of a Wastewater Sampler

39

Wastewater Sampling: Where do I Begin?

40

Water Quality Sampling: An Operator's Perspective

41

The Benefits of Capital Improvement Planning

42

Solar Planning for Small Wastewater Facilities

43

Community Science and Stewardship: Inspiring Wastewater Action in Las Curías / Ciencia y Gestión Comunitaria: Inspirando Acción sobre Aguas Residuales en Las Curías

44

Dirty Water: Why Engaging the Community Matters

45

Surveillance of Pathogens in Wastewater

46

The Benefits of Cleaning and Televising Wastewater Collections Systems

47

The Benefits of Wastewater Collection System Preventative Maintenance

48

The National Pretreatment Program: Rules and Implementation

49

Takeaways from the "Closing America's Wastewater Access Gap" Pilot

50

Fee Schedules for FOG Pretreatment Programs

51

Preliminary Engineering Reports for small disadvantaged communities.

52

Navigating the Funding Process for Smaller Communities; A Conversation with Charlie Philion from the Division of Homes and Community Renewal

53

Combined Heat and Power Units

54

History of Wastewater Treatment

55

Collaborating With Your Design Engineer

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Closing America's Wastewater Access Gap: A Case Study

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Why Communicating About Wastewater Is So Important

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What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know About Septic

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Using Recycled Wastewater for Landscape Irrigation. Celebrating 40 Years: The City of Tucson’s Reclaimed Water System

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Embarking on Bold Initiatives: Unveiling the Vision of Moonshot Missions

61

Providing Reliability: Interview With Paul Crocker and George Williams of Reliability X

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Big Picture - Collection Systems and Pretreatment

63

How Are Wastewater Systems Adapting to Climate Change?

64

Speaking for the River: An Interview With Justinn Overton, Executive Director Coosa Waterkeeper

65

Lagoons and Septics: Covering the Basics

66

Flood Disaster Lessons and Mitigation Successes at a Small Wastewater System in Vermont

67

Fostering a Culture of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in the Water Sector with Dr. Mercy Umeri

68

Customer Empathy and Customer Impact

69

10,000 + 1 Marketing: How Water and Wastewater Utilities Can Increase Outreach

70

Integrated Water Resource Management: A Conversation with the Derry Township Municipal Authority

71

The 3 Facets of NPDES Permit Development

72

7 Common Issues with Lagoons and Lagoon Operation

73

Source Water Protection - Martha Graham, NMRW

74

Benefits of Using the SCAP Tool

75

Small Wastewater Systems: Asset Management Plans and Implementation

76

Small Wastewater Systems: Decentralized Systems

77

Small Wastewater Systems: Setting Service Rates

78

Small Wastewater Systems: How Lagoons Treat Wastewater

79

Buffalo Blizzard of ‘22: Impacts from the Perspective of Buffalo Sewer Authority

80

Wastewater Systems Sustainability: Spotlight on Easton Utilities

81

Interview with Elin Betanzo: Revised Lead and Copper Rule Compliance and Lessons Learned from the Flint Water Crisis

82

Big Picture - EPA Regulations and NPDES Permit

83

Small Wastewater Systems: Safety

84

Work in Water Internship

85

Small Wastewater Systems: Operator Roles and Responsibilities

86

Why Emergency Response Planning is Necessary for Your Utility

87

Small Wastewater Systems: The Nature of Wastewater and Its Effects

88

Big Picture - Activated Sludge

89

Small Water Systems: Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) - Overview and Requirements

90

Small Water Systems: Establishing Enforceable Standards for Safe Drinking Water

91

Why Do We Need Tertiary Treatment?

92

Small Water Systems: Water Storage Facilities

93

Big Picture - Headworks & Primary Treatment

94

Small Water Systems: Addressing Iron, Manganese, and Water Hardness Concerns

95

Small Water Systems: Groundwater Treatment and Chlorine Disinfection

96

DEI in New York's Water Sector

97

Small Water Systems: Common Issues with Surface Water Treatment

98

The Threat of Wildfires: Impacts on Local Water and Wastewater Systems

99

Drought, Water and Environmental Justice: Life in the Desert in Imperial County California

100

Small Water Systems: Ensuring a Safe Water Supply Through Sanitary Surveys