“Doing what they need to do, with what they have.” That would be an appropriate tagline for the Attleboro (Mass.) Wastewater Treatment Facility.Superintendent Paul Kennedy and his staff have used their ingenuity to overcome a number of challenges while operating the treatment processes cost-effectively and meet tightening discharge standards.Plant team members have creatively used excess capacity to achieve nitrification-denitrification. In addition, they’re dealing with high ammonia andcopper in the influent stream and have implemented an effective industrial pretreatment program. In 2013, the facility won the Best Medium Plant Performance Award from the Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association.“That award was really
