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When Jason Arnold confronted his utility’s soaring frequency of lift station repairs, he didn’t just want to head off problems. It was...

Increased precipitation from a changing climate could pollute U.S. waterways with excess nitrogen, increasing the likelihood of severe water quality impairment from...

By now, most water utility operators have likely heard that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its national Tap Water Database,...

Although water/wastewater treatment facilities take great care to safeguard against storms and power outages, a recent lightning strike in Lima, Ohio, proves...

The adage “out of sight, out of mind” is a particularly common one in the water and wastewater industry. It’s often made...

Cornell materials scientists and bioelectrochemical engineers may have created an innovative, cost-competitive electrode material for cleaning pollutants in wastewater.The researchers created electro-spun...

Scientists from the University of Minnesota are piloting a plant capable of converting wastewater treatment byproducts into biodiesel fuel.While wastewater scum is...

Boise, Idaho, is proving there’s more than one way to skin the phosphorus cat.Facing ever-increasing phosphorus removal requirements, the city could have...

A University of Surrey academic is leading research that has found an effective way to monitor and remove pharmaceuticals from water.The research involves the...

Managing water, wastewater and stormwater engineering keeps Martha Tasker looking toward the future. As Director of Utilities in Salina, Kansas, she sees...

In a digital world, a chain-link fence and a padlock won’t secure your water system. That security of water — from environmental...

So-called “flushable” wipes and other persistent materials are well-known problems for wastewater treatment plants. Now, studies around the country have found other...

There’s a growing stockpile of biosolids fertilizer in the rural British Columbian cities of Kelowna and Vernon. Too much supply and not enough...

Researchers have discovered the presence of neonicotinoid insecticides in samples of finished tap water, marking the first such peer-reviewed study in the...