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Entries Tagged British Columbia

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This Operator Almost Literally Walked Through Fire to Protect His System and Community

When a sequence of fires and floods ravaged Lytton First Nation, Warren Brown and his team held firm and protected their community’s water system
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News Briefs: WWTP Expansion to Mitigate Sewer Issues at US-Mexico Border

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Metro Vancouver in British Columbia removes 50 tons of fatbergs from Richmond’s sewer system
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The Plant Team in Merritt, B.C., Thrives on Preparedness

In conditions from catastrophic floods and day-to-day operation, Kevin Vilac has led his team with creativity and a sound education and training background
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UBC Engineers Develop Groundbreaking PFAS Removal Technology

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Plants Are Part of the Process in This British Columbia Community's LEED Gold Facility

A small Canadian city’s water resource facility combines SBR technology with greenhouse plants that enhance treatment and help eliminate odors.
News Briefs: Watch a Bald Eagle Get Rescued from a Settling Pond

News Briefs: Watch a Bald Eagle Get Rescued from a Settling Pond

In this week's water and wastewater news, treatment plant operators assist a wildlife rehabilitation group in British Columbia in the rescue of a bald eagle that had landed in a the facility's settling pond
News Briefs: Protesters Block Route of Biosolids Delivery Trucks

News Briefs: Protesters Block Route of Biosolids Delivery Trucks

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the city of Berkeley, California, is planning to call manholes "maintenance holes" to remove gendered language from its city code
News Briefs: Utility Worker Finds Colossal Crayfish

News Briefs: Utility Worker Finds Colossal Crayfish

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, residents in Turtle Valley, British Columbia, set up a roadblock to prevent trucks from hauling biosolids
News Briefs: Cryptosporidium Discovery Causes Boil-Water Notice in B.C.

News Briefs: Cryptosporidium Discovery Causes Boil-Water Notice in B.C.

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a worker in Baltimore is killed by an excavator during a wastewater treatment plant construction project
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How Kamloops, British Columbia, Tackled Waste-to-Energy Efforts

When the City of Kamloops began to see wastewater as a resource, it turned to GTI for a biogas collection cover system
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Environmental Operators Certification Program Hires Executive Director

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Happy Birthday! Environmental Operators Certification Program Turns 50

Remote Control: How Peer-to-Peer Operator Training Reduces CEU Expense

Remote Control: How Peer-to-Peer Operator Training Reduces CEU Expense

British Columbia’s industry leaders are increasing training opportunities for remote areas of the province. Here’s how a novel program is reducing the cost of CEUs.
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In Berkeley Springs, Tasty Water is King

Tasty water is serious business. Learn more about an event that brings water producers from around the world together for some friendly competition.