Today marks the fifth anniversary of serious flooding in Rhode Island, which some heralded as a 500-year flood. The flooding overwhelmed the Warwick and West Warwick treatment plants, which were both built on sections of a 100-year floodplain along the Pawtuxet River.In early 2011, Treatment Plant Operator magazine editor Ted Rulseh spoke with representatives from the Warwick and West Warwick plants. Read the full interview in "Under Water," and take a look back at exactly what happened on March 30, 2010. At the time of the interview, plant management estimated damages were just shy of $10 million. It was definitely an event no one wanted













