Suppose that during a new construction project your operators could actually see the spaces where they would be working.
The design process for...
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EPA Announces Historic Approval of Florida’s Request to Administer the CWA Section 404 Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the State of Florida is the first state in more than 25 years to...
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News Briefs: Two Workers Hospitalized After Fire at Water Treatment Plant
Entry 244112Two employees of the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant in Gilbert, Arizona, were hospitalized after a fire broke out at the facility.
Firefighters were...
Editorial
Here's an Argument for a More Collaborative and Flexible Approach to Regulating Water Quality
Entry 225943No one questions the importance and success of the Clean Water Act. It has without a doubt led to better technology,...
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News Briefs: Proposed Clean Water Act Changes Could Fast-Track Gas Pipelines
Entry 244229The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed regulatory changes aimed at streamlining the approval process under the Clean Water Act’s...
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News Briefs: Former WWTP Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Clean Water Act Violation
Entry 244306Gary Hallinan — the former superintendent of the Oswego (New York) Wastewater Treatment Plant — has pleaded guilty in federal court...
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News Briefs: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear WWTP Case Involving Clean Water Act
Entry 244454
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a case about the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the highest court in the...
Editorial
The Utility of the Future is Digital. Are You on the Right Path?
Innovation drives forward steadily in the water and wastewater sectors. Now and then, it’s worth stopping to take a high-level view and...
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News Briefs: Pennsylvania Operator to Spend Six Months in Prison for Falsifying Reports
A wastewater treatment plant operator in Lake City, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by submitting false reports...
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News Briefs: Obama Declares Flint Water Crisis a Federal Emergency
President Obama has declared the water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, a federal emergency. The designation lets the city accept $5 million in...
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News Briefs: So Much Lead — Flint, Michigan, Declares State of Emergency
A water crisis in Flint, Michigan, hit an alarming level this week as Mayor Karen W. Weaver declared a state of emergency,...
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News Briefs: FTC Halts Nice-Pak Flushable Wipes Advertising
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order that requires Nice-Pak Products to stop advertising that its moist tissue and...
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News Briefs: Former Wastewater Director Faces Grand Theft Charges
A former executive director of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, which serves Boynton Beach and Delray Beach, Florida, is facing...
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Massachusetts Plan to Reduce Nitrogen Levels Receives EPA Approval
The EPA has formally approved an updated plan from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that creates a robust framework for Cape Cod communities...












