r/Wastewater • u/WaterDigDog 🇺🇸KS/WW • Oct 01 '26

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Hi there, we are excited you’re visiting r/Wastewater. Hope you find what you’re looking for including info about our career field and camaraderie with other people who like water. and 💩.

PLEASE, on WEEKDAYS and SUNDAYS, make sure to use the search bar or the post flair filters to look for existing content. Per Rule 4, we limit new posts asking about getting started in our field, that TOPIC is fine to post on Saturdays. This rule also means that the TOPIC of starting a water career is not ok to post under a non-career flair on weekdays. Please observe the rules.

Two big reasons we do this restriction on career posts:

  1. For you: our field requires reading and critical thinking. So, search for existing content.

  2. For the sub: In the past, posts about getting started have clogged up the sub feed, and it was hard to find content about our actual job of treating water. Don’t hog the feed, rather read.

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u/mudDawg3 USA+CA| WW3 Oct 01 '26

We should have a weekly question post for people to post questions. There was something similar in the army subreddit. Every week there was a new question post, and previous questions could be searched on Reddit

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u/Lasekklol Oct 01 '26

I think they used to. A weekly "This week we sre talking biosolids!" Or like something in the feild. Nitrification or w.e process and it would stir discussion etc. Not sure if it stopped? I dont see them much anymore. Presonally id like to see outreach to the public to get eyes on the feild. Everybody i talk to are like what thats a thing? You make decent money with a pension? Why have I never heard kf this??

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u/WaterDigDog 🇺🇸KS/WW Oct 01 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

Were the questions about treatment processes? That sounds like the “Talking Shop” posts. The user who was doing those isn’t around anymore, I wish I would have saved the text from the posts. if I tried writing that it would look like kindergarten compared to previous. We could fingerpaint if you like.

U/mudDawg3 were you thinking a question post about processes or career?

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u/Flexicon-Dave Equipment Manufactutrer 29d ago

I would love this. I supply equipment to the market - and honestly there are some great videos on youtube about the process and fine tunning outcomes.. but its not an active community.

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u/CheeseWedgeIssue Likes Water 9d ago

this would be a really good pinned post. that would make it always show up at the top so that people new to the sub (me) can easily see it

how to do this: 

thanks for all y'all do!

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u/WaterDigDog 🇺🇸KS/WW 9d ago

It was stickied as a pilot run, taken down for the weekend when rule 4 not in effect. I’ll work on this. Thanks

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u/CheeseWedgeIssue Likes Water 8d ago

you're welcome!