Entries Tagged Flooding

Online Exclusives Federal Partnership Aims to Build Infrastructural Resilience to Natural Disasters

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal partners — in coordination with experts...

September 02, 2019

Editorial Industrial Flows Are a Daily Challenge That the Norfolk Plant Team Meets Consistently

The Nebraska city of Norfolk is home to 24,000 people, but the Water Pollution Control Plant treats a BOD loading typical of...

July 16, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: President Trump Signs Colorado Drought Contingency Plan Into Law

Entry 244344President Donald Trump recently signed off on a piece of bipartisan legislation that aims to help manage ongoing drought conditions and...

May 08, 2019

Online Exclusives Midwest Flooding Wreaks Havoc on Water/Wastewater Utilities

Heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt throughout the Midwest has triggered widespread catastrophic flooding, which is causing major problems for water and wastewater...

March 28, 2019

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Residents Report Illness After Fluoride Pump Malfunction

Entry 244418 Sandy City, Utah, was recently cited by the state’s Department of Environmental Quality after testing revealed high levels of lead, copper...

March 20, 2019

Editorial Is Your Utility Prepared for Climate Change Impacts? Here's Some Advice on How to Plan

Arguments continue about what exactly is causing global climate change, but evidence that it’s happening now is undeniable. One only needs to...

October 18, 2018

Editorial Here's How Three Trailblazing Women Rose Through the Ranks in the Wastewater Profession

Barbara Jackson, Vernia Hawthorne and Jewel Minor entered the wastewater profession from different areas, but they had one thing in common: determination...

August 21, 2018

Editorial Here's How a Massachusetts Town Prepared Its Wastewater Staff to Respond to a Natural Disaster

By their nature, wastewater treatment plants that service coastal communities are vulnerable to storm surges and floods. The town of Hull, Massachusetts, on...

August 21, 2018

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Flushable Wipes Causing Turmoil for Michigan WWTP

So-called flushable wipes are causing serious issues for a wastewater treatment plant out of Muskegon County, Michigan, and residents are complaining about...

May 16, 2018

Editorial Ditching a Piecemeal Plan in Favor of Comprehensive WWTP Overhaul

Sometimes the best of plans and intentions run into hurdles that can’t be cleared. That’s what happened when the New York village of...

May 16, 2018

Online Exclusives Rising Seas Could Impact Wastewater Treatment for Millions, Says Study

As we saw at the end of last summer, flooding from storms like Hurricane Harvey are capable of overwhelming a large number...

May 08, 2018

Editorial Jim Boyer Brings 30 Years’ Experience in Coaching, Teaching and Mentoring to His Role as Utility Superintendent

Jim Boyer learned about empathy at an early age. After his father became disabled from a serious accident, his mother ran the...

April 10, 2018

Online Exclusives Hurricane Harvey Provides a Valuable Learning Experience

When Hurricane Harvey hit South Texas Aug. 25, the city of Pearland’s Department of Public Works was put to the test. It...

September 13, 2017

Online Exclusives Hundreds of Treatment Plants Hit by Harvey

It started Aug. 13 when a tropical wave off Africa’s west coast combined with a low-pressure area near the Cabo Verde Islands....

September 07, 2017

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