Entries Tagged Community Involvement

Few things are as precious to humankind as water. But that water becomes an even more precious commodity when you can’t afford...

Former U.S. Olympic and University of Wisconsin hockey coach Bob Johnson had a favorite saying: “Never try to teach a pig to...

Efforts to encourage Pompano Beach residents to connect to the city’s reuse water irrigation system reached a new high in 2014 when...

Missouri City in eastern Texas is hot. And humid. That’s an uncomfortable combination for people in the city of nearly 75,000 people...

Bad guy’s hideout. Post-apocalyptic town. Not exactly what you’d imagine when you think of wastewater treatment plants, but for Austin, Texas, it’s...

They chew on our shoes, dig holes in our yards and slobber water across our kitchen floors, but they’re also loyal, big-hearted...

Just about every day Danna Olsen works in her garden, carefully weeding and watering. It's not a big garden, but it's hers."I...

In a corner of Oregon where water supplies are bountiful, the Medford Water Commission faced a challenge in promoting conservation. With a...

The Cowskin Creek Water Quality Reclamation Facility was built to handle explosive growth in northwest Wichita, Kan., during the mid-1990s. Since then...

As the Sunrise (Fla.) Utilities Department worked to advance its water conservation plan among customers, Broward County proposed a more attractive alternative...

Clean-water plant teams often feel isolated — they work on the outskirts of town, not in visible places like the fire station,...

Getting young people involved is easy for the Oakland County (Mich.) Water Resources Commissioner’s Office (WRC). The agency just asked kids to...

National Drinking Water Week is just around the corner. Are you ready? Countless water treatment plants are ramping up for a week...

When potable water had to be trucked in and septic tanks were the only option for wastewater treatment for the Leyes de...