New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Carter Strickland presided over a graduation ceremony for 72 new sewage treatment workers who...
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WEF makes the case for water infrastructure investment
Water and wastewater infrastructure is essential, and survey after survey shows that it needs substantial investment in maintenance and upgrades. It’s important...
Editorial
Worth Noting - February 2013
The Fort Knox (Ky.) Wastewater Treatment Facility received OSHA Star status under Kentucky's Voluntary Protection Program, administered by the Kentucky...
Editorial
WEF Announces 2012 Operations Challenge Division Winners
The Water Environment Federation has announced the winners of the 2012 Operations Challenge, held at WEFTEC 2012 in New Orleans last October.
Editorial
We Are Environmentalists
Howard Carter wants people to know that wastewater treatment plants are in the business of protecting — not polluting — the...
Online Exclusives
Graphic Products releases new 5S infographic
For visual learners and visual workplace advocates, Graphic Products, Inc. has issued a free 5S infographic for websites, blogs and print media....
Editorial
The Ultimate Reuse
The lake that supplies drinking water to Brownwood in Central Texas was at historic low levels last summer, and the...
Editorial
Fixing Floatables
Teaching environmental awareness via Internet video messaging doesn't sound like the kind of thing a sewerage commission would do, but...
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Florida utility recognized for water and wastewater achievements
Winning an award for outstanding distribution system is nothing new for Bay County (Fla.) Utility Services, which took home the 2012 honor...
Editorial
Worth Noting - January 2013
PEOPLE/AWARDS
The Water Environment Federation (WEF) named its 2012-13 Board of Trustees. Members are:
President, Cordell Samuels, plant superintendent, Duffin Creek Water Pollution...
Editorial
A Truly Bad Actor
The U.S. EPA is studying the effects of low concentrations of chromium (VI) — hexavalent chromium — in drinking water.
Because of the...
Online Exclusives
AWWA launches new symposium on biological drinking water treatment
The American Water Works Association announced the launch of its newest event, the 2013 Biological Treatment Symposium, to be held March 28-29, in Denver,...
Online Exclusives
AWWA launches new symposium on biological drinking water treatment
The American Water Works Association announced the launch of its newest event, the 2013 Biological Treatment Symposium, to be held March 28-29, in Denver,...
Online Exclusives
UV Ray of Hope for Safer Drinking Water
A group of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement Laboratory’s Sensor Science Division is part of...
Online Exclusives
Florida utility recognized for water and wastewater achievements
Winning an award for outstanding distribution system is nothing new for Bay County (Fla.) Utility Services, which took home the 2012 honor...
Online Exclusives
EPA updates rule for pathogens in drinking water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has updated the rule for pathogens in drinking water, including setting a limit for the bacteria E....
Blogs
Petitioners seek EPA ban on biosolids land application
The Age of Autism website is asking people to use the Obama Administration’s “We the People” website to petition the U.S. EPA...






