Each year, Anaheim (California) Public Utilities hosts a water poster contest for first through eighth graders.The Water Is Life contest was created...
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GLWA Graduates Inaugural Class of Technician Apprentices
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) has graduated its first cohort of apprentices from the Authority’s inaugural three-year Electrical Instrumentation Control Technician –...
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A Southwestern City Engages Its Residents in a Multimedia Artistic Presentation of the Area’s Cultural and Water-Supply Heritage
Not far from Mesa’s Northwest Water Reclamation Plant in Arizona is the 2,100-acre Riverview Park. More than 200 years ago, a series...
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Pumpkins. Spiders. Cobwebs. What Are They Doing in the Lab? Supporting Education.
At the end of October, the Greenville (North Carolina) Utilities Commission’s wastewater treatment lab transforms into a spooky venue and a fun...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Water Security
Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of...
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Engineering Challenge, Art Activities and a Science Fair Highlight This Utility's Outreach
There’s nothing like a little competition to help people discover the careers available in the water sector.
With that in mind, the Prince...
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Saint Louis University launches new WATER Institute
Saint Louis University has established the Water Access, Technology, Environment and Resources (WATER) Institute. The new institute brings together researchers in the...
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A Water Tower Memorializes an Iconic Story in Children's Literature and Popular Culture
“Come, Dorothy!” cried the Wizard. “Hurry up, or the balloon will fly away.”
That memorable line, one of many from the venerable story...
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Water-Wise Wednesdays, Splash Into Spring: Just Two of This District's Outreach Initiatives
Water-Wise Wednesdays. Succulent Sundays. Splash into Spring.
These are a few of the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District’s outreach programs that won awards...
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Letter Praises 'Back-End' Sewer and Water Workers
No industry is more essential than the waster and wastewater sector, but relatively few everyday citizens truly recognize and appreciate the services...
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This High Desert City Proves That the Right Landscape Can Be Beautiful and Save Water
Despite receiving just 15 inches of precipitation each year, the Colorado city of Greeley has found a way to promote gardening to...
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Successful Publishing
For more than 20 years, the Portland (Maine) Water District has had an in-school education program delivering lessons to about 1,000 middle...
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Worried About All the World's Water Problems? Check Out This Uplifting Documentary.
It’s easy to get depressed about the world’s water environment. There’s water scarcity, drought, overfished oceans with declining coral and vast masses...
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A New Hampshire Treatment Facility Provides a Great Location to Invite Nesting Ospreys
A $92 million upgrade at the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility has created an ideal location for Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Public Works to...
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This Utility's Mobile Tap Trailer Proves That Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
The Kenosha (Wisconsin) Water Utility created a Traveling Tap water wagon for use at local events to remind citizens of the water’s...












