Entries Tagged Flint Water Crisis

Entry 244610Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka is fighting back against rhetoric claiming the city’s elevated lead and haloacetic acid levels are...

Entry 244703To avoid making the same mistakes as Flint, Michigan, the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, is taking precautions almost five years in...

Entry 244961A recent wastewater spill of more than 1.5 million gallons into Casco Bay was due to human error, according to a...

A dozen communities in Genesee County, Michigan, recently began receiving potable water from a new multimillion-dollar water treatment plant in neighboring Lapeer...

A recent report attributes 80 percent of the Legionnaires’ disease cases during Flint, Michigan’s 2014-15 outbreak to the changes in the city’s...

Entry 245133A wastewater superintendent in Bolton Landing, New York, has been arrested and charged with six felonies and four misdemeanors for allegedly...

Entry 245136The Canadian government will start tracking cannabis use in a number of major cities by contributing wastewater samples from treatment plants....

Dennis Falaschi, former manager of the Panoche (California) Water District, was arrested along with four other people on charges of embezzlement and...

A water expert from Genesee County, Michigan, testified recently that he warned city officials in 2014 the water treatment plant in Flint...

A pair of homeowners in Normal Heights, California, recently discovered their water bills had been swapped for more than 20 years.Homeowner Tim...

After being exposed for seven years to toxins at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s wastewater treatment plant, Tim Combs of Bremerton, Washington,...

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

Direct potable reuse of wastewater will be getting more attention soon in California, as a team of water districts is embarking on...

U.S. Representative from Flint introduces new lead regulationsMichigan Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) introduced a bill in early April to require the U.S....