The Christchurch (New Zealand) City Council has spent nearly $1 million in recent years trying to get a swarm of midges at...
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Water & Wastewater Industry News: June 2017
Wilo USA announces Stapula as director of marketing
Wilo USA welcomed Tim Stapula as its new director of marketing. He will be responsible...
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News Briefs: Two Workers Die in Treatment Plant Accidents
A 46-year-old worker recently was killed after falling 20 feet from the top of a tank at Marshall (Missouri) Water Treatment Plant.Scot...
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AWWA Testifies Updates to Safe Drinking Water Act Are Necessary
In a recent U.S. House subcommittee hearing, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) testified that updates to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) are...
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Finalists Announced for Water Utility Energy Challenge
The Great Lakes Protection Fund (GLPF) and American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently announced the finalists in the Water Utility Energy Challenge...
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Exam Study Guide: Nitrate Conversion and Permanganate-Greensand Filters
Welcome back to TPO magazine's new and improved Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions each week with in-depth...
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News Briefs: Teens Arrested for Infiltrating Water Storage Tank
Three teenagers in Troy, Indiana, were arrested after being accused of breaking into the town’s water storage tank.Utility employees found the doors...
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Don't Miss Out! Get Your Plant Involved in Drinking Water Week
Earlier this month, the industry celebrated Drinking Water Week, a time when many utilities do some public outreach and educate their customers on...
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Exam Study Guide: The MLE Process and Monochloramine Production
Welcome back to TPO magazine's new and improved Exam Study Guide Series, which offers a pair of water/wastewater study questions each week with...
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News Briefs: Detroit Water Shutoffs Increased in 2016
A report from The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has indicated that more than 27,000 homes in the city had water turned off due...
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How the Waterama Festival Uses Education to Initiate Change
They could no longer bring students to the plant, so they brought the plant to the students. That was the idea behind...
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Worth Noting - June 2017
People/AwardsTwo Spartanburg Water employees were recognized by the Water Environment Association of South Carolina. Sean Henderson was named Blue Ridge Foothills District...
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News Briefs: Worker Gambles Away $850,000 in Utility Funds
A state auditor in New Mexico has accused a rural utility worker of embezzling $850,000 and gambling it away at casinos.The taxpayer...
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Water & Wastewater Education Listing: May 2017
Flygt Xylem will hold a live webinar titled “Mixing Best Practices: The Latest Ideas in Low-Speed Variable Mixing” Friday, May 19, from...
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Student Scientists to Represent U.S. in Stockholm Junior Water Prize Contest
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that 59 high-school students have been selected as the 2017 state winners of the U.S....
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Funding the High Cost of Aging Infrastructure
Reports about the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure often are accompanied by a price tag — an especially high one. In...
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News Briefs: Reporters Say Human Error Contributed to Seattle Plant Disaster
A lengthy investigative report by The Seattle Times disclosed that human error was partly to blame for the devastating flood at West...













