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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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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Operators Kept Compliant Through South Carolina's 1,000-Year Flood
When the National Guard can’t get to you, you know you’re in trouble.Such was the case in October 2015, when historic rainfall...
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NYC Program Ramps Up Effort to Convert Food Waste Into Biogas
Three years into a pilot program aimed at keeping food out of landfills, New York City is making slow but steady progress.From...
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Improving Water Quality with Minimal Capital Investment
New Englanders look forward to summer for a variety of reasons, but for water utilities, the rising temperatures can be problematic, leading...
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WWTP Operator Spearheads Effort to Create Tree Farm at Plant
Relocating more than 80 trees from the botanical gardens in North Tonawanda to create a tree farm at the wastewater treatment plant...
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Why Public Awareness is the Key to Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Investments
The nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure needs huge investment. The 2017 Infrastructure Report Card from the American Society of Civil Engineers gives...
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New Legislation Proposes Rate Assistance for Low-Income Families
Water and sewer pipes have to be maintained. Treatment plants need periodic upgrades and expansions. These things are necessary. They’re also expensive....
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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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Use Eductors to Effectively and Affordably Treat Your Wastewater
Wastewater treatment has become an issue in the chemical and petroleum industry. As a result it is imperative to find solutions for...
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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...
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News Briefs: Welder Thrown 50 Feet in WWTP Explosion
A worker in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was seriously injured earlier this month in an explosion that occurred while he was welding a wastewater...
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Flint Congressman Proposes New Federal Lead Regulations
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....
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Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Operators
Climate change has created new challenges for wastewater plant operators, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research,...












