News Briefs: Welder Thrown 50 Feet in WWTP Explosion

In this week's water and wastewater news, a worker in Tennessee is seriously injured in a welding accident at a wastewater treatment plant; and the governor of Iowa is asking for $850 million for waterway improvement projects
News Briefs: Welder Thrown 50 Feet in WWTP Explosion

A worker in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was seriously injured earlier this month in an explosion that occurred while he was welding a wastewater solvent holding tank.

Gary Patton, 41, was thrown approximately 50 feet from the tank. He was taken via ambulance to local hospital...

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