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A ribbon-cutting is a great way to mark a big occasion – and the opening of a new $25 million water recycling...

When the fire department does its job, trucks roar down the streets, sirens blazing. People from miles around may see the smoke....

A report on the Baytoday.ca website based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, reports that Greening Nipissing and the City of North Bay...

It should come as no surprise that the price of water is on the rise. The rate at which prices have increased...

It’s easy for the clean-water profession to overlook half the potential pool of future operators: women. The North Shore Sanitary District isn’t...

With all the fanfare of cutting the ribbon on a new firehouse, the community of Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, celebrated its new...

The Environmental Resources Training Center (ERTC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is offering a $500 scholarship for students entering its one-year Water...

Doug Sibolski wasn’t about to let misconceptions stand about water quality in his community and the effect of his treatment plant on...

Ever wonder how astronauts get clean water in space? Without access to complex drinking water facilities like the ones you operate here...

It’s a tough time to be a water or wastewater professional in Detroit – the city’s fiscal issues are well known. However,...

The results of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency survey should come as no surprise, but the numbers are still alarming. EPA’s fifth...

I’m out of town for a few days attending a waterworks convention in Denver, so for today I will turn the floor...

Why do fire chiefs and fire departments have public respect? In part because, usually, their headquarters look great. They’ll have a meticulously maintained...

When a woman in Escondido, Calif., received a $16,000 water bill for roughly 30 days worth of service from December 2012 to...

The late Richard Pryor, one of the greatest stand-up comics ever, also had a serious side. I was reminded of it when...

Who always leads the Fourth of July parade? A fire truck, of course, lights flashing, siren intermittently blaring, firefighters in dress uniform...

Nothing gets kids’ attention for the value of wastewater treatment than showing how it benefits a fishery. For several years, staff members at...

Municipal workers were in for quite a surprise when a 2006 street excavation in Lower Manhattan in New York exposed wooden pipes...

Here’s a great way to give clean-water operators more stature: Encourage them to earn their state licenses and progress to the highest...