Want to learn more about the City of Clarksville's flood recovery? See "Tennessee Wastewater Utility Rebuilds," which ran in the January 2015...
Flooding Articles
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News Briefs: Treatment Plant Floods After Water Main Breaks
Cleanup is underway at the West Jefferson Treatment Plant in Detroit, where a 16-inch water main break caused flooding inside the facility....
Editorial
An Epic Flood Meant A Long Recovery For The Plant Team In Clarksville, Tennessee
Thirty feet of water and sewage covering the treatment plant grounds and structures. Building roofs lifted off. Clarifier vacuum units afloat and...
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News Briefs: Two Die During Wastewater Plant Repair
Two contractors died on Oct. 23 at the Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant in El Paso, Texas, while performing repair work...
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Safeguard Your Treatment Plant Against Flooding
These days, the 100-year flood seems to be happening nearly every year. Cases in point: Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, Hurricane Katrina...
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Water Plant Operators Save Flood-Ravaged Town
The small town of High River is among flood-ravaged communities in Alberta still recovering after what is being called Canada’s costliest natural...
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Teamwork Earns Utility 2013 Award for Excellence in Innovation
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) and Brown and Caldwell received the Award for Excellence in Innovation from the Water Environment Research Foundation at...
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One-hundred-year storms: Mitigate adverse effects of high flows
A one-hundred-year storm has a one in one hundred chance of occurring in a one-year period. Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast...
Editorial
Stellar Management
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. That's what John Riccio and his staff did when their plant flooded...












