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Entries Tagged Delaware

News Briefs: President Orders Federal Takeover of Potomac Spill Cleanup

News Briefs: President Orders Federal Takeover of Potomac Spill Cleanup

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a two-alarm fire and explosion erupt at a wastewater treatment facility in Wilmington, Delaware
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Delaware Agencies Accepting Grant Proposals for Wastewater, Surface Water and Drinking Water Project Planning

USGS Finds PFAS in Untreated Well Water Across Delaware

USGS Finds PFAS in Untreated Well Water Across Delaware

PFAS were found to be widely distributed in untreated well water throughout Delaware, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey
News Briefs: Michigan Operators Ask to Stop Testing Wastewater During Outbreak

News Briefs: Michigan Operators Ask to Stop Testing Wastewater During Outbreak

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, wastewater testing in New Castle County in Delaware has discovered 15 times more COVID-19 cases than are currently confirmed positive cases
News Briefs: Insufficient Filter Monitoring Blamed for Lewes WWTP Discharges

News Briefs: Insufficient Filter Monitoring Blamed for Lewes WWTP Discharges

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, crews in York, Pennsylvania, uncover a 204-year-old water main
News Briefs: Trespasser Opens Valves at WWTP, Releases 400,000 Gallons

News Briefs: Trespasser Opens Valves at WWTP, Releases 400,000 Gallons

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, bottled water company Crystal Geyser is fined $5 million for illegal storage and transportation of arsenic
News Briefs: Delaware WWTP Experiences Weeks of Malfunctions, Discharges

News Briefs: Delaware WWTP Experiences Weeks of Malfunctions, Discharges

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a chemical mishap at a West Virginia wastewater treatment plant causes an evacuation order for nearby residents
News Briefs: New Phosphorus Regs in Wisconsin Could Force Upgrades for WWTPs

News Briefs: New Phosphorus Regs in Wisconsin Could Force Upgrades for WWTPs

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a Delaware lawsuit claims wastewater violations from a chicken farm caused miscarriages and a death; and an alligator swimming in a Pennsylvania WWTP is captured
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December 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More

See what’s going on around the country in this listing of new water and wastewater projects.
November 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More

November 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More

See what’s going on around the country in this listing of new water and wastewater projects.
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Multi-Tasking Operator Builds Award-Winning Career

Dustan Russum built an award-winning career as ‘one-person DPW,’ managing water and multiple public works jobs in tiny Frederica, Delaware.
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News Briefs: 'Thousand-Year Storm' Triggers Boil Advisory

In this week's water and wastewater news, flooding in South Carolina affects a treatment plant, workers in Delaware unionize and a plant commits to energy reduction.
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Riding the Circuit

Rick Garloff operates nine small water treatment plants for Tidewater Utilities, but among his biggest accomplishments is work on the company SCADA system.