Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a boil-water advisory is lifted in Anchorage, Alaska, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the city

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the city of Austin, Texas, ends a nearly weeklong boil-water advisory after heavy rainfall

In this week's water and wastewater news, intoxicated homeless men are using a treatment facility's pond as a swimming hole; and video footage shows a creek running bright red after a chemical spill

In this week's water and wastewater news, seven major cities in Canada will provide wastewater samples in an effort to track cannabis use; and recycled water bottles in Flint are being turned into clothing

In this week's water and wastewater news, workers in Missouri and Michigan die in two separate accidents at water treatment facilities; and $94 million in funding is provided for water/wastewater projects in Saskatchewan

As housing developments closed in on the once remote Georgetown Wastewater Treatment Plant, odor control became even more important. Find out how a grit tank cover solved the problem.

See what’s going on around the country in this listing of new water and wastewater projects.

In this week's water and wastewater news, an orphaned water system in Appalachian Kentucky leaves drinking water untested for decades; 10 former water employees in New Orleans are arrested for stealing $500,000 worth of brass fittings; a watchdog group in Australia has sued the makers of flushable wet wipes; and Canada's untreated wastewater problem grew to 54 billion gallons in 2015 despite new regulations.

These brave operators worked 16- to 20-hour shifts to save their plant from a Canadian wildfire, now known simply as "The Beast."