The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently made an unprecedented move to protect water levels in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border, announcing...
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Turning Wastewater Into a Resource: A Graduate Student’s Solution to Climate Change
These days, civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Kevin Clack spends his time investigating innovative ways to improve water resilience in arid...
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News Briefs: Environment Officials Warn Maryland's Back River Is Unsafe for Human Contact
Entry 242194Due to contaminants in Back River that can cause illness, the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of...
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News Briefs: Chemical Mixing Mishap Causes Chlorine Cloud in Virginia
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Area homes and business were evacuated after a recent chemical incident at a wastewater treatment facility in Bedford, Virginia.According to a...
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Video: Take a Brief Tour of Oakland’s Influent Pump Station
All of the wastewater generated throughout Oakland, Califonia’s East Bay Municipal Utility District combines at the influent pump station where preliminary treatment...
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News Briefs: Baltimore Seeks Judicial Review of State's WWTP Takeover
Entry 242232The City of Baltimore is asking for a judicial review of the State of Maryland’s recent takeover of the Back River...
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News Briefs: San Diego County Unveils Its First Potable Reuse Treatment Plant
Entry 242244San Diego County recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its first operational potable water reuse treatment plant...
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News Briefs: Desalination Decision Approaches for Orange County
Entry 242282Next month, the California Coastal Commission is set to decide whether to allow Poseidon Water to build a $1.4 billion seawater...
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News Briefs: White House Announces Water/Wastewater Cybersecurity Initiative
Entry 242302The White House in partnership with Environmental Protection Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Water Sector Coordinating Council...
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Nation's Largest Ion Exchange PFAS Treatment Facility Begins Operation
The Orange County Water District and the Yorba Linda Water District began operating the nation’s largest ion exchange (IX) treatment plant to...
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San Diego Water Board Approves Indirect Reuse Permit
Furthering efforts to improve resilience and protect drinking water supplies threatened by climate change impacts, the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Testing Plays Key Role in Tracking Omicron Variant
Entry 242369Wastewater sampling and testing is playing a crucial role in tracking the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as laboratory...
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Getting a Solid Soil Response to Biosolids Application
While scientists know that biosolids application can benefit the soil, they are still learning about the best ways to measure this. In...
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Critical Groundwater Supplies May Never Recover from Drought, Says UC Study
Along with hurricanes and wildfires, there's another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse...










