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A human torso found at a wastewater treatment facility in Whittier, Calif., a suburb of Los Angeles, may be able to crack...

You’ve cleaned them, you’ve fixed their infrastructure, and you’ve used waterjetting equipment to break up debris caked on their walls. But have...

I used to live in a beautiful Lake Michigan community. Every summer they have an art fair on the sidewalk that follows...

Fire departments do special things for kids at Halloween. Until now I’ve never heard of a clean-water plant holding a “haunted house.”...

People in the clean-water profession are largely called operators, and they wear the title with pride. But does that term do you...

You’ve heard of Garden Palooza? Pet Palooza? Rock Palooza? All kinds of “paloozas”? They’re events held to celebrate some area of interest...

The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation recently cut the ribbon on a new education center at its 300 mgd Hyperion Wastewater Treatment...

If you want to attain the status of the fire chief, your public needs to believe you’re as valuable as the fire...

The water and wastewater industry is continually evolving. And with that comes changes to processes, regulations, operations and even job titles. We...

Almost every week we read about this clean-water plant, or that clean-water agency, or that clean-water operator, winning an award from a...

The Fire Chief Project is about elevating clean-water operators to the stature of the fire chief, in part so that people understand...

Do you know who your State Senate, State Assembly, U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators are? Have you ever written them a letter...

As drinking water operators, you’re familiar with removing things like contaminants, organics, iron and manganese from the water that enters your plants....

Customers are king at Daphne (Ala.) Utilities. Rob McElroy, general manager, and his team make it so. They do the kinds of...

A paper recently released by Ceres, “Assessing Water System Revenue Risk: Consideration for Market Analysis,” discusses an issue many water systems across...

Is your treatment plant 10, 25 or 50 years old? Have you gone five years without a permit violation? Have any of...

How better to help encourage the next generation of clean-water operators than to engage with college students? The North Country Now website...

The ABC 4 Utah TV news crew has been reporting on U.S. cities looking at “toilet to tap” treatment – putting reclaimed...

In an effort to reduce the 2.5 million plastic water bottles tossed by Americans every hour, the Madison (Wis.) Water Utility (MWU)...