Also in this week's water and wastewater news, two podcasters lobby to rename a water treatment facility after Britney Spears

New program hopes to bridge gap between research, commercialization

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

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a hazardous chemical reaction results in the evacuation of a wastewater plant in San Francisco; and a computer malfunction in Vermont causes a 3-million-gallon spill into Lake Champlain

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a dog is rescued from an aeration pond in Colorado; and a New Orleans-area utility is under fire for bullying customers

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, Lone Tree Brewing Co. announces its plans to brew beer out of recycled wastewater; and a former wastewater supervisor gets jail time for his role in a 2014 explosion

In this week's water and wastewater news, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a discharge of black water into the Niagara River; and Pittsburgh residents may have been misled by health officials