Global water technology company Xylem has awarded a team of hackathon participants who developed an innovative app to promote sustainable water consumption....
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A Children’s Book About Wastewater Reaches Parents by Way of Their Kids
When Markus Owens started working at the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, he saw plenty of materials on recycling and trash, but...
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An Educational Video Features No Actors — Only Professional Operations Personnel
Professional actors need not apply.
California’s Leucadia Wastewater District produced a video describing its entire treatment process, and did it using field service...
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Founded 20 Years Ago, This Southern County's Rivers Alive Program Engages Residents in Resource Protection
It’s amazing what people sometimes find when working on stream cleanup projects. During the Rivers Alive cleanup sponsored by the Clayton County...
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Bureau of Reclamation Launches Prize Competition to Design Precipitation Measurement Devices
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is launching a new prize competition seeking new and improved ground-based precipitation devices. These devices should be...
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A Poster Contest Winner as a Child Creates a Similar Contest as an Adult
Chris Nelson of the Carmichael Water District had no idea when he won a poster calendar contest in middle school that the...
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New EPA PFAS Advisories: What Now? WEF Offers Advice
The U.S. EPA’s new interim drinking water health advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have water utility leaders asking: What should we...
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How to Turn Your Public Against You
So, testing has revealed trace amounts of PFAS in your drinking water wells or the biosolids from your clean-water plant.
When members of...
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Staffers Become Actors and Narrators for This Video on the Workings of a Treatment Plant
For over 40 years the South Platte Renew wastewater treatment plant sent clean effluent to the South Platte River.
When the COVID virus...
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A Collaborative Long-Term Project Helps a Northeast Wisconsin Clean-Water Agency Control Phosphorus
Farmers, the Oneida Nation and many other partners have joined NEW Water in a project to help NEW Water in Green Bay meet...
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Water Leaders Converge On Capitol Hill to Discuss Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Funding, PFAS
Approximately 140 delegates from the American Water Works Association (AWWA) recently met with members of U.S. Congress to advocate for smart water policy and...
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A Florida Town Sponsors a Drop Savers Water Conservation Poster Contest for Kids
For the past six years the Town of Davie has been a state-recognized winner of the AWWA Florida Section children’s water poster contest.
The...
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One Person at a Time: An Award-winning Approach to Public Outreach for a California Specialist
California’s Central Marin Sanitation Agency teaches about water conservation one person at a time, through public events and by building rapport through...
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A Water Festival Delivers a Timely Message in the Face of a Historic Dry Spell
A Utah utility resumed its popular water festival in June 2021 after skipping a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic — with a...
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Planning Sessions, Services Offered for Utilities Seeking Help With New Lead and Copper Rule
To help utilities comply with the new Lead and Copper Rule, tap infrastructure bill funding and meet the many public communication challenges in...
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Watch: Video Offers Tour of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
As part of the My Wisconsin Backyard series, Milwaukee PBS recently posted a video touring the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.Lake Michigan, along...
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Military Maneuvers in the Water Industry
Jose Martinez firmly believes that military veterans are great candidates for jobs in the water and sewer industries, which sometimes struggle to...











