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Entries Tagged California
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News Briefs: 'Thousand-Year Storm' Triggers Boil Advisory
Water customers in Columbia, South Carolina, were placed under a boil advisory this weekend after historic flooding damaged waterlines throughout the city’s...
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California AWWA Program Targets Utility Water Loss
The largest association of California drinking water professionals has announced the formation of a program to educate and assist drinking water agencies...
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News Briefs: Man Arrested in Wastewater Plant Theft
Police in Clarksville, Indiana, have arrested a man suspected of stealing $3,000 worth of computers and tools from the Clarksville Wastewater Treatment...
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News Briefs: Algae Blooms Cause Trouble in West Virginia
West Virginia American Water announced a contingency plan for its Huntington water treatment plant this week in response to an algae bloom...
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How Did Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District Streamline Plant Operations?
The customer:
The Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District is an independent special district created by the State of California to collect and...
Videos
'Never Bored' at Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District
Tag along with award-winning operator/maintenance technician Ben Carver from the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District in California as he explains why he enjoys wastewater...
Editorial
For the Love of Wastewater: Operator Powers Career With Passion
Ben Carver loves the wastewater industry. As an operator/maintenance technician 5 at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District in California, Carver is focused on...
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News Briefs: Mystery Flusher Forces City to Replace Lift Station
The City of Shawano, Wisconsin, has decided to spend $11,000 on a new lift station, thanks to a mystery flusher who has...
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Smart H20 Summit Announces Keynote Presentation
Jason Dadakis, director of Health and Regulatory Affairs, Orange County Water District (OCWD), will provide a keynote presentation titled “How to be a...
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EPA Approves California List of Impaired Waterways
More than 40,000 miles of California’s rivers and streams are currently threatened by pollution, according to a list of impaired waterways submitted by...
Blogs
ACE15 Roundup: Highlights from AWWA in Anaheim
We’re counting down the final hours of the American Water Works Association’s ACE15 conference in Anaheim, California. Thousands of attendees have made...
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Forward Thinking: Citizen Group Drives Flagstaff’s Wastewater Initiatives
Wastewater technology may one day solve the world’s thirst for freshwater and provide an environmentally safe means for biosolids disposal.Brad Hill, utilities...
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EPA Awards $1.6 Billion to Upgrade Sacramento Wastewater Treatment Plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced a record $1.6 billion in Clean Water Act State Revolving Funds — the...















