In Winona, Minn., where residents have kept water running to ward off frozen pipes, the city council has decided to issue a...
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Weekly News Briefs: Winter-Weary Town Experiences Increased Water Flow
Deep frost lines in northern Wisconsin, which have plagued municipal water pipes for months, are now affecting wastewater treatment plants. In Eagle...
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Class-Action Lawsuit Targets Makers of 'Flushable' Wipes
The discussion over wipes products and “flushables” got a little more heated this week when Dr. Joseph Kurtz, 35, of Brooklyn, N.Y.,...
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FY2015 Budget Proposal Slashes Water Infrastructure Funding
The Obama Administration released its FY2015 budget request today, which proposes $500 million in cuts to the Clean Water and Drinking Water...
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Not Your Grandfather's Treatment Plant Operation
With an increasing number of wastewater treatment operators and other key staff members retiring or moving on from the industry, Tom Groves...
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Membrane CIP Guidelines
International Products Corp. recommends these CIP guidelines for filter membrane system cleaning with Micro-90 concentrated cleaning solution and Micro-A07 concentrated citric acid...
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Runners Chase Leaks for 2014 Fix-A-Leak Week
For a homeowner, the slow, methodical dripping of a kitchen sink in the middle of the night is merely an annoyance. For...
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Weekly News Briefs: Illegal Dumping Causes Contamination at Treatment Plant
On Feb. 15, plant operators at the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Charlotte, N.C., detected a strange odor in the wastewater,...
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News Briefs: Nebraska Town Claims 'Best-Tasting Rural Water' Title
Curtis, Neb., known by locals for its annual Easter pageant, now holds a national title: the best-tasting rural water. The small town...
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How To Handle Employees Calling in Sick
A new year may usher in many changes, both positive and negative, but for some employers, the problems of absenteeism and lost...
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How Much Are You Worth?
After submitting a letter of resignation, a valued water utility leader in Indiana received monetary recognition — a whopping $20,000 — for...
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Worth Noting - March 2014
People / AwardsThe Town of Clarkdale, Ariz., dedicated a new wastewater treatment plant, culminating an effort that spanned more than 25 years....
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Names Do Matter
The agency in Oregon now called Clean Water Services was born in 1970 as the Unified Sewerage Agency (USA).The name fit. In...
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Big Aspirations
The Town of Lincoln has been described as the “front door to Missouri’s great lakes,” Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Lake. It...
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Pitching Right In
Even though less than half a mile of a 50 mile public hiking/biking trail passes in front of the clean-water plant in...
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Breaking Trail
For 52 years, a cheese factory employed many residents of Cumberland, Wis. In 1953, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) required the...
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What Are the Top 10 Water Sector Technology Innovations?
The water industry is continually facing difficult issues. Many factors contribute to these difficulties, including failing infrastructure, population growth and climate change,...







