Fieldwork has started in the Cape Cod communities of Barnstable, Dennis, Falmouth, Mashpee and Orleans, Massachusetts, on a project that might help reduce harmful levels...
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News Briefs: Obama Declares Flint Water Crisis a Federal Emergency
President Obama has declared the water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, a federal emergency. The designation lets the city accept $5 million in...
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EPA Survey Says $271 Billion Needed for Wastewater Infrastructure
According to a new survey, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that $271 billion is needed to maintain and improve the nation’s wastewater...
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Puerto Rico to Make Major Upgrades to San Juan Water Infrastructure
Under two settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, three Puerto Rico government agencies have agreed...
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Arizona, Nevada Receive $44M to Improve Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $44 million in funding to Arizona and Nevada for investment in statewide improvements in local drinking...
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EPA Approves Oklahoma Drinking Water Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the State of Oklahoma’s revised rule for regulating total coliform in drinking water. With this...
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News Briefs: Dog Hair in Lab Contributes to $98,000 Fine
Dog hair, chewing tobacco and contaminated samples were just a few of the problems identified during a Washington Department of Labor &...
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Vermont Receives $15.6M for Water Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $15.6 million to the State of Vermont to help finance improvements to water projects that...
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News Briefs: FTC Halts Nice-Pak Flushable Wipes Advertising
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order that requires Nice-Pak Products to stop advertising that its moist tissue and...
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News Briefs: Worker Rescued After 24-Foot Fall
A contract worker at the Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant near Accokeek, Maryland, was rescued Nov. 17 after falling 24 feet from scaffolding...
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EPA Grants $4M for Drought-Related Water Research
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will provide $4 million to four institutions to conduct research to combat the effects of drought and...
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Sustain-A-Drain Team Wins $15,000 EPA Grant
A team of students from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering received a $15,000 grant from the Environmental Protection...
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News Briefs: It's a Giant Floating Solar Array!
Europe’s largest floating solar system will soon be installed on a United Utilities’ water reservoir in Greater Manchester. The $5.4 million (U.S.)...
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News Briefs: Former Wastewater Director Faces Grand Theft Charges
A former executive director of the South Central Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, which serves Boynton Beach and Delray Beach, Florida, is facing...











