Entries Tagged Great Lakes

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, residents in central Texas boil and conserve water after large main break

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, utilities are beginning to step up their cybersecurity infrastructure and practices

The projects mark the first tangible outcome of GLWA’s recently adopted 40-year wastewater management plan

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a disoriented beaver is rescued from a water treatment facility near Tallahassee, Florida

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, wipes clog all four pumps at a pumping facility in Boca Raton, Florida

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, officials in Tampa, Florida, are considering an indirect potable reuse project

The program encourages competition between water operators to reduce emissions from energy generation

The American Water Works Association is awarding two cash prizes of $20,000 and $10,000 to water operators in the Great Lakes Basin who reduce energy-related pollution in their water distribution systems.

In this week's water and wastewater news, a worker dies after becoming trapped in a wastewater treatment tank, the EPA gives Flint a list of demands to address its water issues, a utility in El Paso boosts its safety program, and Gary Hanson is recognized with the George F. Bernauer Award in Wisconsin.

The findings of a new study indicate our problem with microplastics is only just beginning.

In this week's water and wastewater news, two workers are injured during routine work, Waukesha gains historic water access to Lake Michigan, and Florida declares an emergency thanks to an out-of-control algae bloom.

Plastics. They're in our waters, and that's a huge problem. Here's the scoop on microbeads, which might be just the tip of the plastic pollution iceberg.