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A common lament among water plant operators is that their customers don’t appreciate their product — safe, clean and reliable tap water.Consumers...

Climate change has created new challenges for wastewater plant operators, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research,...

A recent study from Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh claims sewer workers may not be adequately protected by guidelines when...

Xylem, a leading global water technology company, recently presented to DC Water the first installation in North America of Flygt Concertor, the world’s first...

On a hot day in March 2005, Army E-4 Specialist John Dorris rode security through the war-torn streets of Baghdad, protecting a...

Thirty minutes — that’s all it took for an unprecedented flooding event to almost incapacitate a major Seattle-area wastewater treatment plant and...

“With close to a trillion-dollar investment in water infrastructure coming within the next 10 years, the challenge will be to identify the...

A humble bacterium first isolated in New York’s Lake Oneida almost 30 years ago could change the world. With its innate ability...

Most people probably view wastewater treatment plants as an integral part of modern infrastructure. Rolf Halden and his colleagues see them as...

In the last 12 years, I’ve made the climb from operator to lab tech to plant supervisor, and finally, plant superintendent. While...

I always dreamed of visiting Jones Island. It has actually been on my bucket list for decades.I wish I could say Jones Island...

A coalition of Minnesota municipalities awaits response to a letter they’ve sent to the governor and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stating...

I recently found another way to take my wastewater education beyond the classroom, which is a topic I’ve addressed before with this...

Communities in California and Arizona could be more drought resistant in the near future, as both states are looking at enacting regulations for...