Edward O’Rourke, 60, was sentenced to three years in a state prison for submitting false water purity information to the New Jersey...
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Zebra Mussels On the Move: What Are Water Utilities Doing to Stop Them?
The Fargo, North Dakota, water utility had an unwelcome visitor recently.A zebra mussel showed up in the intake structure that draws raw...
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Better Than Bottled? Kenosha Shows Off Water With Traveling Tap
Cool tap water is making a splash across southeastern Wisconsin this summer. Since making its debut during the Fourth of July weekend,...
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What the Heck is Frazil Ice?
First it forms. Then it multiplies. Then it attaches to underwater structures like water system intakes.It’s frazil ice, and it’s led to...
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Should Microcystin be Micromanaged?
Algae blooms, microcystin, do-not-drink bans, toxins. Those buzzwords have floated across the lips of many municipal leaders this summer, especially after a...
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Targets Algal Blooms
On Sept. 3, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12...
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EPA To Grant $27.5 Million for 2014 Great Lakes Restoration Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a request for applications, soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for...
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And a Happy Meteorological Spring to You!
With March comes the end of meteorological winter, and hopefully, the end of a very long and very unusual weather system. In...
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And a Happy Meteorological Spring to You!
With March comes the end of meteorological winter, and hopefully, the end of a very long and very unusual weather system. In...











