Entries Tagged Florida

Online Exclusives News Briefs: City of Honolulu Wins Award for Children's Book About Wastewater

Entry 243093The Honolulu (Hawaii) City Department of Environmental Services recently won a national award for a children’s book, titled “Anatomy of Wastewater.” The...

February 18, 2021

Online Exclusives Hacker Tries to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply Via Remote-Access System

Experts have been warning for years that hackers could soon begin to wage cyberattacks on municipal water supplies, and the wake-up call...

February 10, 2021

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Teen Scientist Promoting Recycled Water in California

A 17-year-old girl named Shreya Ramachandran recently founded a nonprofit organization teaching people to recycle water in their homes in California. She...

February 04, 2021

Editorial Worth Noting - February 2021

People/Awards The Maine City of Rockland has renamed its wastewater treatment plant the Terrance G. Pinto Wastewater Treatment Facility and Campus in honor of its...

January 14, 2021

Online Exclusives EPA Announces Historic Approval of Florida’s Request to Administer the CWA Section 404 Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the State of Florida is the first state in more than 25 years to...

January 05, 2021

Editorial Attention to Detail Drives Excellence for Clermont's East Water Treatment Plant

The City of Clermont is lucky because its source water is so clean. But that doesn’t mean the water plants are free...

December 14, 2020

Editorial Hillsborough County's Lab Renewal Project Puts a Premium on Durability

The Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission laboratory provides environmental impact testing for chemical analysis of air, water and sediment samples at local, state...

December 14, 2020

Online Exclusives City of Destin, Florida, Wins 2020 Tank of the Year Honors

A municipal water tank in Destin, Florida, is this year’s winner of the Tank of the Year competition sponsored by Tnemec Company,...

November 09, 2020

Editorial This Hatfield Winner Started Out With a Love of Science and Solving Problems: A Great Fit in the Water Business

Charlie Martin always loved science and solving problems. That makes him a perfect fit in the clean-water profession.As city engineer in Graceville,...

October 16, 2020

Editorial A Florida Water Plant Team Racks Up Awards for Success in Taking on a New Technology

When the City of Tarpon Springs, Florida, decided to build its own water treatment plant, it selected reverse osmosis. The city had purchased...

July 20, 2020

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Large Wastewater Spill Concerns Sarasota Bay Residents

Entry 243344Local residents are reporting environmental impacts as a result of a 26 to 28 million gallon wastewater spill that occurred at...

July 08, 2020

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Two Recent Deaths Underscore Importance of Plant Safety

Entry 243384Two recent accidents at water/wastewater treatment plants in Houston, Texas, and Tracy City, Tennessee resulted in deaths — both calling attention...

May 28, 2020