Entries Tagged Drought

On Nov. 4, California voters approved Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion water bond that Gov. Jerry Brown had promoted as a way...

Workers at New Jersey’s Secaucus Municipal Utilities Authority were surprised to see a piece of debris tumbling from the sky toward the...

A lead operator at the Fox River Water Reclamation District in Elgin, Ill., was taken into custody Oct. 1 after police received...

Unless you’ve been under a rock or hidden away in a cave somewhere this past month, you know the ALS Ice Bucket...

Drivers on U.S.-126 outside of Lansing, Mich., were held up in traffic after a truck carrying processed biosolids tipped over, emptying its...

An explosion at a problematic biodigester near Waunakee, Wis., destroyed a $250,000 nylon inflatable cover early Wednesday morning. The digester, owned and...

Drought seems to be everywhere. This year, it’s California and Texas. Last year, the middle of the country, as far east as...

Proposed environmental water regulations in Massachusetts have met criticism from local water districts and the Massachusetts Water Works Association, which are concerned...

After a lot of fuss in the press, the system to recycle treated wastewater into the drinking water supply at Big Spring,...

Officials in Richmond, Va., took precautionary measures on Wednesday, April 30, to protect the city’s water supply after a train carrying crude...

Along the Colorado River Delta, years of drought mixed with high water-supply demands have morphed the once-lush ecosystem into bone-dry cracked earth....

With temperatures routinely dipping below zero in many parts of the country, water utilities have been scrambling to keep up with frozen...

Wastewater treatment plants near Green Bay, Wis., could receive a reprieve from phosphorus discharge standards. A bill introduced by State Sen. Rob...

Reports of global water shortages regularly make the news as most third-world countries lack the extensive drinking water technology and facilities we...