To ensure the protection of wastewater workers during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond, the Water Environment Federation is convening a blue-ribbon panel...
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News Briefs: Michigan Operators Ask to Stop Testing Wastewater During Outbreak
Entry 243421Some wastewater treatment plant operators in Michigan are concerned about potential exposure to COVID-19 and are asking state regulators to relax...
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Virtual Event Brings Water Sector Together for Water Week Advocacy Work
April 27 marked the beginning of Water Week 2020, as thousands of representatives from across the water sector — including wastewater, drinking...
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Researchers Say COVID-19 Building Closures Could Affect Water Quality
While restaurants, gyms, schools and other buildings are closed indefinitely to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the quality of water left sitting...
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Xylem Partners With Americares for COVID-19 Response
Xylem Watermark — the corporate social responsibility program of Xylem Inc. — has announced it is partnering with the health-focused relief and development...
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News Briefs: Sewage Study Claims Massachusetts Is Undercounting Its COVID-19 Cases
Entry 243452Researchers from a biotech startup called Biobot Analytics recently reported that they took samples from a wastewater treatment plant in an...
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Agencies, Organizations Cooperate on Water Sector Response to COVID-19
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, agencies and organizations like the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have been working to provide current and accurate...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Tests Could Provide Early Warning of COVID-19
Entry 243463Researchers at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, England, are working on a new test to detect COVID-19 in the wastewater of communities...
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Company Delivers Mobile Bleach Generator to Texas Community
As communities across the world search for ways to quickly protect the health and safety of their residents during the COVID-19 outbreak,...
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Water and Wastewater: No Industry Is More Essential
In its response to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government earlier this month identified you as essential critical infrastructure workers. At COLE...
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Water Associations Reassure Public on Tap Water's Safety During COVID-19 Outbreak
As the global COVID-19 crisis continues to develop and reports of bottled water shortages make headlines, the National Association of Water Companies,...
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Are You Prepared to Operate in a Coronavirus Pandemic?
Can you keep operating during the COVID-19 pandemic? What if travel is curtailed?
You and your most experienced people can plan now so...
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How to Communicate the Risks of Viruses and PFAS
I had waited months for a March trip to Florida to meet my brother for some fishing on the Gulf of Mexico....
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COVID-19 Guidance for Wastewater Workers
[Editor's note: This story was edited to clarify a misstatement and to add recommendations for wastewater operators from the Centers for Disease...











