A team at the Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rogers, Minnesota, recently stumbled upon a diamond ring while clearing debris from a...
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A California Project Proves It: Big Plant Improvement Projects Are All About People, Notably Operators
The EchoWater Project in Sacramento took seven years to construct, costing nearly $1.8 billion. It is touted as the biggest public works...
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Brown and Caldwell to Develop Southern California Drought Mitigation Study
Environmental engineering and construction services firm Brown and Caldwell has been hired by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to study...
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UBC Engineers Develop New Method to Assess Water Management Strategies
While residents in California are still dealing with damage from last month's floods — after years of devastating droughts — University of...
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USBR Urges Central Valley Project Contractors to Prepare for Fourth Dry Year
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is asking its contractors receiving Central Valley Project water for municipal and industrial use to begin planning...
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Pioneering Brewery in San Francisco Unveils Reuse Project
Although the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission believes innovative water reuse projects are exciting, this sentiment is not often shared by those outside...
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News Briefs: Old Infrastructure Blamed for E. Coli Outbreak in Baltimore
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A recent E. coli water contamination in Baltimore has been attributed to old infrastructure, according to The Daily Record.
An official from the...
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News Briefs: California to Begin Testing Drinking Water for Microplastics
Entry 242024In a first for the world, the California State Water Resources Control Board recently approved requirements for testing drinking water for...
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News Briefs: U.S. and Mexico Agree to Fund New WWTPs Near Tijuana Border
Entry 242042The United States and Mexico recently signed a treaty to construct new wastewater treatment facilities near the international border to stop...
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News Briefs: Detroit Residents Must Boil Water for Weeks Following Main Break
Entry 242073A boil water advisory in Detroit has been extended to three weeks after a break was discovered in a 120-inch main...
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Sustain SoCal to Host Water Solutions 7 Conference
Sustain Southern California (Sustain SoCal) has announced that it will host the Water Solutions 7 (WS7) Conference Thursday, Aug. 25. The event...
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News Briefs: Lack of Water Access Costs U.S. Billions Annually, Says Non-Profit Report
Entry 242124A non-profit organization based out of California called Dig Deep recently released a report claiming that a lack of access to water is...
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California Students Win U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize for Drought-Stress Detection Project
The Water Environment Federation has announced that John Benedict Estrada and Pauline Victoria Estrada, siblings from Clovis North High School in California,...
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News Briefs: Vandals Shoot 'Johnny Cash' Water Tower in Arkansas, Springing Leak
Entry 242182Nearly 30,000 gpd of drinking water is leaking from a water tower that features Johnny Cash’s silhouette in Kingland, Arkansas, after...











