General Wastewater Equipment

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) has announced that 59 high-school students have been selected as the 2017 state winners of the U.S....

Reports about the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure often are accompanied by a price tag — an especially high one. In...

A lengthy investigative report by The Seattle Times disclosed that human error was partly to blame for the devastating flood at West...

A worker in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was seriously injured earlier this month in an explosion that occurred while he was welding a wastewater...

U.S. Representative from Flint introduces new lead regulationsMichigan Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) introduced a bill in early April to require the U.S....

Climate change has created new challenges for wastewater plant operators, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research,...

Robert Kaplan, the EPA’s interim Region 5 director, says Flint, Michigan’s water plant should never have gotten the approval to operate.“No reasonable...

California’s multiyear drought was officially declared over on April 7, but the Legislature is on the verge of making the state a...

A local septic pumper is suing the city of Taylor, Texas, for racial discrimination because he allegedly wasn’t allowed to dump waste...

More stops for the Wastewater Equipment Fair are in the works after the event’s second run earlier this month in Dallas.The two-day...

They can be a drop of saltwater in the Atlantic Ocean. Or a drop of clean water fresh from a well. Or...

Ken Burgener was proud to learn that a student he had mentored had won a prestigious award in the Intel International Science...

Water and wastewater plant maintenance has undergone a revolution. Operators have moved from routinely servicing machinery at predetermined intervals regardless of condition...

Creating a field of native grasses, wildflowers and trees to attract nesting birds and other wildlife has been rewarding for operators of...

If you had to describe a hierarchy for public officials’ status among community residents, firefighters would be near the top; water and...

People/AwardsThe South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility received a 2016 Wastewater Treatment Regional Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award from the...

Increasingly strict federal and state reporting requirements have created a need for water and wastewater plant operators to easily and accurately track...