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Water Practice™ is WEF's new peer-reviewed journal, focusing on topics of interest to the water professional, including water monitoring, facility operations and maintenance, management, and policy. The online-only journal publishes on a monthly to bi-monthly basis.

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Special Issue: Plant Operations

The current issue focuses on work that is particularly relevant to the operation of wastewater treatment plants, including performance upsets, wet weather operation, minimizing energy costs, digester foaming and many more. An accompanying editorial focuses on the role treatment operations can play in supporting a sustainable society. All papers were selected from presentations made at WEFTEC.07.

Table of Contents & Abstracts
List of abstracts found in the current issue.

Issue Editorial
Editorial prepared by the Issue Editor pertaining to the theme of the issue.

View Sample Issue
The December 2007 issue is openly accessible.

Full Articles & Archives
Full text PDFs of all Water Practice™ articles.

Issue Highlights

A New Approach to Minimizing Membrane Aeration Energy Costs

Control Strategies for Snail Infestations at Trickling Filter Facilities

Troubleshooting Plant Performance Upsets at the Hopewell Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility

Photograph of the common snail, Physa gyrina. Boltz et al., 2008 (this issue). Click to enlarge.

Upcoming Issues

Plant Operations
Membrane Technology
Odors and Air Emissions
Watersheds and Ecology (New)
Residuals and Biosolids (New)

Previous Issues

Nutrient Removal (TOC)
Collection Systems (TOC)
TMDL (TOC)
Microconstituents and Industrial Water Quality (TOC)
Water Reuse (TOC)

To read the entire text of any article, go to the searchable database.

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Questions? Comments? Write to us at waterpractice@wef.org.