The U.S. EPA announced $1.5 million in grants to three universities to develop sustainable drinking water treatment methods. The research grants are...
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Bill Gates goes from leading-edge computers to leading-edge toilets
A solar-powered toilet won the grand prize in August at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle. Eight teams competed in the...
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New York to commission world’s largest UV water treatment plant
The website Revmodo reports, “Residents of New York City will soon be drinking tap water treated by the world’s largest ultraviolet light...
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Veolia Water North America marks 40-year relationship with City of Burlingame
Veolia Water North America and the City of Burlingame, Calif., are celebrating 40 years of partnership in managing the city’s wastewater treatment...
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Calgary advertises looks for a biosolids buyer
The City of Calgary, Alberta, is looking for “interested parties to beneficially use up to 10,000 dry tons of dewatered biosolids and...
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Fort Peck Tribe dedicates water treatment plant
Members of the Fort Peck Tribe recently dedicated the new water treatment facility on the Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation in northeastern Montana.
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MaxWest successfully starts a second-generation biosolids gasification system
The AZ Cleantech website reports that MaxWest Environmental Systems has begun operation of the MaxWest Biosolids Gasification System, the company’s second-generation gasification...
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Treatment plant construction workers in Mexico discover prehistoric bones
The Phys.org website reports that workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons, while digging to...
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Alfa Laval acquires Gamajet Cleaning Systems
Alfa Laval has acquired Gamajet Cleaning Systems, a provider of high-impact cleaning machines for the industrial and sanitary processing industries. With the...
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Water professionals from California and Nevada to convene
Registration is open for the 2012 California–Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association Annual Fall Conference in San Diego, Calif., at...
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Austin biosolids facility to become a net energy producer
The biosolids handling plant in Austin, Texas, will soon be making more power than it uses with a new biogas-fueled generator. The...
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Man dies in accident at wastewater lift station
Fifty-three-year-old contractor employee Steven Webb of House Springs, Mo., died in an accident at the City of St. Charles’ Boschertown sanitary lift...
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Gamajet acquired by Alfa Laval
Effective Aug. 24, 2012, Gamajet Tank Cleaning Systems has been acquired by Alfa Laval, and a new company, Alfa Laval Tank Equipment,...
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Gamajet acquired by Alfa Laval
Effective Aug. 24, 2012, Gamajet Tank Cleaning Systems has been acquired by Alfa Laval, and a new company, Alfa Laval Tank Equipment,...
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Two-month course provides training for water system operators
The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association will sponsor a 10-week program entitled “Water Distribution System Operation and Maintenance and...
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Minnesota group urges communities to undertake treatment plant upgrades
The Post-Bulletin newspaper in Rochester, Minn., reported on a study by the Minnesota 2020 nonpartisan think tank showing that wastewater treatment plants...
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Biogas conversions can help optimize wastewater operations
Wastewater treatment plant operators now have a new way to lower operating costs and optimize sludge management without investing their own capital....
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Wastewater treatment plant wins Spirit of Kentucky Award
The Red River Regional Wastewater Authority received the 2012 Spirit of Kentucky Award on Aug. 16 at the 37th Annual Governor’s Local...
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Bacteria in tap water can be traced to the water treatment process
Most of the bacteria that remain in drinking water when it gets to the tap can be traced to filters used in...






