Emergency Plan Articles

Editor’s Note: We will be highlighting the winners of WEF’s Operator Ingenuity Winners in an ongoing series on our website. The winners...

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

A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a guide that specifies the exact steps to follow to complete a task – from a...

For two days in early January, it looked as if customers of Avon Lake (Ohio) Regional Water could be without water, thanks...

As of last night, nine counties in West Virginia were still under a state of emergency after a chemical company spill leaked...

Customers expect 24/7/365 from water and wastewater infrastructure, and that’s why treatment systems need to be prepared to deal with emergencies that...

Wildfires are becoming a bigger problem every year. As cities and townships expand into heavily forested areas, utilities need to consider the...

Working at water and wastewater plants can be dangerous, with hazards such as slippery walkways, dangerous gases and noisy, malfunctioning equipment. Workers...

Someone wise once said nothing ever goes wrong — until it does. The captain of the cruise ship Carnival Triumph probably thought...

Lessons learned and recommendations for water utilities in the wake of Hurricane Sandy to help prepare for future storms Hurricane Irene made landfall in...