Flow rate monitoring helps minimize water pollution
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In heavy rainfalls, a wastewater treatment plant near Cleveland could not handle the deluge; combined wastewater...
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One California Community Shows How to Take the Waste Out of Water
Caught between climate change and multi-year droughts, California communities are tapping groundwater and siphoning surface water at unsustainable rates.
As this year's below-average...
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News Briefs: Teen Scientist Promoting Recycled Water in California
A 17-year-old girl named Shreya Ramachandran recently founded a nonprofit organization teaching people to recycle water in their homes in California. She...
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News Briefs: California Wineries Now Under Statewide Wastewater Regulations
Entry 243109Wineries in California will now be under statewide wastewater regulations in an effort to protect waterways. It marks a change from...
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Case Studies - February 2021
Septage receiving unit contributes to green energy plan
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The Silicon Valley Clean Water facility in Redwood City, California, serves more than 220,000 people...
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Southern California Advances Major Recycled Water Project
Southern California has taken a major step forward on the path to developing a new sustainable water source from purified wastewater as...
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News Briefs: Workers Escape Uninjured After WWTP Explosion in Ontario
Entry 243185Two workers escaped uninjured after a wastewater treatment plant explosion in Hamilton, Ontario, that caused an estimated $75,000 in damages.
A deputy...
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Orange County Water District Wins Award for Virtual Outreach Response to COVID-19
The Orange County (California) Water District recently was recognized as a Special Districts Award Winner by AT&T and Government Technology Magazine. This...
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Roseville, California, Earns National Construction Management Award
The City of Roseville and Brown and Caldwell recently announced a $19 million project to reduce nitrate discharges to water bodies and...
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News Briefs: High-Speed Chase Ends With Significant Treatment Plant Damage
Entry 243204A man in Bradford, Pennsylvania, led police on a high-speed chase that ended with a crash into the Bradford City Water...
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Creative Efforts and Competition Help This California Agency Engage Youths and Their Families
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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News Briefs: Michigan Governor Announces Big Investment Into Water Infrastructure
Entry 243248Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced MI Clean Water — a $500 million comprehensive water infrastructure investment in Michigan’s water systems from source to tap. The...
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Wildfires Can Poison Drinking Water. Here's How Communities Can Prepare.
In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction.
The 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise and Butte County, California was the...
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Paso Robles Bet Big on Sustainability and Won Significant Rewards
Paso Robles, California, made a plan in 2013 to go to tertiary wastewater and then recycling, but the city didn’t intend to...













