On a recent visit with my grandsons, 6-year-old Tucker out of the blue began talking about the “water wasting treatment plant.”
Apparently he...
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Scientists Using Satellites to Measure Vital Underground Water Resources
The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. In recent...
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Baby Boomer Retirements Leave a Widening Employment Gap In Water Sector
When Kathleen Cahall was a high school student in Dayton, Ohio, her advanced chemistry class focused on environmental issues including water quality....
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Reclaimed Wastewater Will Soon Revive a Landmark Arizona River
Drought and decimated water bodies have become common in recent decades, but Tucson, Arizona, is fighting against the death of their once-great...
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Effluent-Raised Salmon Gets Community Involved in Wastewater Treatment
Bangor, Maine, is experiencing a spike of tour requests and public interest due to its salmon release program.
Since 2007, the...
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The Shape of Water Towers: An Engineering History
For the most part, you don’t see too many automobiles that are more than 20 years old unless you come across a...
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Philadelphia Is Using Mussels as Mini Treatment Plants
Living organisms have always been a part of water treatment, but a first-of-its-kind facility in Philadelphia is advancing that concept from microscopic...
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Why Young Workers Should Consider Jobs in the Water Sector
Building off previous workforce research, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program has released a first-of-its-kind analysis of jobs involved in the construction, operation...
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Industry Leaders Gather for ACE18 in Las Vegas
Last week, an estimated 12,000 water experts from around the world gathered for the 137th American Water Works Association (AWWA) Annual Conference and...
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Feeling Like a Million Bucks: Paracetic Acid Is an Unexpected Savior
No one at the Berkeley Heights sewer department was familiar with paracetic acid — that is until they heard it could save...
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What's In a Name: Shedding Wastewater's Stigma Via Rebranding
The words traditionally used to define municipal treatment systems — sewer, sewage, wastewater — have never painted a flattering image in the...
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Milwaukee Remembers Cryptosporidium Outbreak of 1993
It’s every treatment plant’s worst nightmare: the people you serve getting sick from your plant’s water. The most potent example of this...
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How Silver Nanoparticles Are Interfering With Wastewater Treatment
Research at Oregon State University has shed new light on how an increasingly common consumer product component – silver nanoparticles – can...
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EPA Could Update Wet-Weather Regulations for WWTPs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will reach out to states, local communities and stakeholders as it begins a...


















