In this week's water and wastewater news, Texas reports a fatal chemical explosion, Missouri treatment plants come back online after flooding, and Des Moines sets denitrification records

A pretreatment proposal from the EPA would fill a gap in existing federal wastewater regulations.

In this week's news, a town looks for a catchy biosolids brand name, and fracking wastewater causes discord in Canada.

In this week's news, a lead operator at an Illinois wastewater treatment plant is taken into police custody. Also, a municipality bans gas drilling wastewater.

In this week's news, researchers identify the source of aquifer contamination, a New Jersey wastewater treatment plant receives FEMA funds and an innovative drip-irrigation project nears completion.

The discussion about fracking wastewater is far from over. As the City of Auburn, N.Y., learned, municipal plants are just beginning to understand how drilling wastewater affects a treatment system.