Online ExclusivesNews Briefs: Motor Failure Starts Fire in Chemicals Building at Water Treatment Facility

News Briefs: Motor Failure Starts Fire in Chemicals Building at Water Treatment Facility

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a North Carolina town will test its wastewater for opioid use; and a company selling bottled water is accused of illegally disposing of hazardous waste

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The failure of an electric motor at a water treatment plant in Elgin, Illinois, started a fire in a building that houses chemicals near a water inlet area.

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