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The Fire Chief Project: Biosolids Goes YouTube Crazy
Forget the screaming sheep, dancing skeletons and thousands of lip-synced renditions of Let it Go; YouTube is more than just a place...
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News Briefs: Plant Employees Sue City for Asbestos Exposure
The City of East Lansing, Michigan, is facing a lawsuit filed by employees of its wastewater treatment plant. The employees — eight...
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A Partnership Creates A Biosolids Facility That Yields A Quality Product
Just 10 miles from Niagara Falls, a biosolids treatment plant has managed to take waste and turn it — all of it...
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News Briefs: 700,000 Winnipeggers Warned To Boil Water
A city-wide boil alert was on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after tests confirmed the presence of E. coli in the...
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Community Residents’ Input Helps A Saskatchewan Utility Design An Innovative Water Treatment System
The City of Yorkton’s slogan is “Where good things happen.” Many happen at the new Queen Street Water Treatment Plant. Commissioned in 2012...
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News Briefs: Town Debates Treated Fracking Wastewater Proposal
Two Canadian communities have discovered that fracking wastewater, even when treated, is an emotional topic for residents. According to CBC News-New Brunswick,...
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News Briefs: Defective Drilling Wells Contaminate Drinking Water
According to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the shale-gas boom is responsible for contaminating North...
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Weekly News Briefs: State-Set Phosphorus Limits Worry Treatment Plants
Like many municipalities in Wisconsin, the City of Vesper is concerned about costs associated with Environmental Protection Agency-mandated phosphorus limits, which will...
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Canadian Company Extracts Heat From Raw Sewage
International Wastewater Systems of Burnaby, British Columbia, is putting its own twist on the recovery of heat from sewage and wastewater. The...
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Water Plant Operators Save Flood-Ravaged Town
The small town of High River is among flood-ravaged communities in Alberta still recovering after what is being called Canada’s costliest natural...
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Joining Hands
Business is thriving in Edmonton, capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Forecast to be one of the country’s fastest growing...
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Beating the Gremlins
A mandate from Manitoba Conservation and Water Steweardship required water treatment plants to use microfiltration or some form of primary disinfection other...
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Pristine Product
The village of Harrison Hot Springs in British Columbia is known for its soothing mineral water, the sandy beaches of Harrison Lake,...

















