Carus LLC recently donated gently used furniture to St. Bede Academy, The Center for Youth and Family Services, Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and Illinois Valley PADS. Carus is completing minor updates to the Peru Headquarters, which will include new office furniture for employees. When Carus employee Shelley Hollerich found out about the change, she was …
Safety is critically important in manufacturing, and it remains a top priority at Carus. We are proud to share the CAIROX and Maintenance Teams have just achieved three years without a recordable injury. This is a significant safety milestone for the LaSalle Plant. “We are extremely proud of both teams for this achievement,” says Joseph …
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We are excited to introduce the six individuals who all hail from the Illinois Valley area to our 2022 Intern group to Carus! Each summer, we are proud to invest in a group of interns and summer students to join our team for a ten week journey where they gain practical experience related to their …
2022 marks the 20th Anniversary of Carus Summer Science Camp. To celebrate this special milestone, Carus hosted a commemorative t-shirt design contest for camper-aged students in the area. Congratulations to the winner of the 2022 t-shirt design contest – Sara from Mrs. Moreno’s 5th grade class at Peru Catholic School! Sara’s t-shirt concept features science-themed …
In April, Carus employees around the world participated in our first global Pay it Forward initiative. Each of our locations – LaSalle, Illinois; Peru, Illinois; Belmont, North Carolina; and Oviedo, Spain – selected a local charity and collected items to benefit neighbors in need. The Carus team in Belmont, North Carolina chose to collect items …
Summer camps are an exciting opportunity for children to expand their horizons and explore new interests. Illinois Valley Community College offers a variety of in-person and online summer camp courses for students in LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby, and the surrounding area. IVCC camp instructors encourage young students to pursue their passion for art, cooking, science, technology, …
Background:A city located in the United States was investigating high lead levels in their system with lead levels of 17 ppb which is over the U.S. EPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) action level of 15 ppb. During the investigation, the city also changed their coagulant from ferric sulfate to poly-aluminum chloride to reduce the …
BACKGROUND Kootenai-Ponderay Sewar District located near Sandpoint, Idaho, was trying to control hydrogen sulfide corrosion and odor at two lift stations and several manholes. The source of the problems was from a pressure sewer line that was being discharged into a gravity line below a manhole. The pressure sewer line consists of discharge from a …