Metro Innovation, Information, and Operations at the 2025 Rocky Mountain Water ConferenceÂ
Metro Water Recovery encourages employees to share their work with other water resource and recovery facility experts every year at the Rocky Mountain Water Conference. This year, Metro is inviting conference attendees to come visit our employees as they share the good work we do from August 24 through 27 in Keystone, Colorado. Hosted by […]
Something in the Water: Tanja Rauch-Williams and Dan Freedman Hired to Lead Innovation at Metro
Metro strives to be a local and national leader in innovative approaches to wastewater treatment and beyond. Based on the importance of innovation at Metro, the organization created a new role—Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)—to help lead us to success. Later, after a shift in leadership in Metro’s Technology and Innovation Department (TID), a process to […]
Meet the Instrument Solution Group, Metro’s Data Curators
When your water goes down the drain, countless individuals with technical and scientific expertise work tirelessly to treat and recover this water. Metro Water Recovery’s treatment facilities operate 24/7, 365 days a year to recover wastewater as we preserve and protect the health and environment of the region. Clean water leaders like Metro succeed through […]
Harnessing the Power of Data at Metro Water Recovery
Wastewater treatment plants around the world are utilizing the power of data to reduce costs and improve operations. However, working with data at large organizations like Metro Water Recovery presents numerous challenges. Employees in different departments may not be aware of what data is available or what calculations are being performed across the organization. This can result in duplicate efforts or failures to […]
Struvite Is History
Thursday, August 26, 2021, was a day for the Metro Water Recovery history books as we transferred our first load of phosphorus-rich struvite to A1 Organics, a local composting company. This load of struvite totaled around 23 tons of magnesium ammonium phosphate recovered directly from the treatment process at the Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility (RWHTF) downstream of Denver. Major Achievement Sending struvite to A1 Organics achieves a milestone and major goal of our Phosphorus Initiative – to recover phosphorus from the […]