An ongoing investigation into Sioux City, Iowa’s wastewater treatment plant has led FBI agents to obtain a search warrant and seize computer...
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Partnership for Safe Water Keeps Marshalltown Water Works Moving Forward
For many years, employees at Marshalltown (Iowa) Water Works were used to doing things a certain way. The Partnership for Safe Water...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Beer? The Craze is Spreading
A newly organized brewing competition in Arizona is making waves because of its key ingredient: reclaimed wastewater. In a YouTube video, Pima...
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American Water Receives 22 National Awards for Excellence in Water Quality
American Water Works Company Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has received 22 Partnership for Safe Water awards....
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News Briefs: Police Sting Centers on Olympic Venue's Wastewater Plants
Police are investigating some of Rio de Janeiro’s largest wastewater treatment plants to determine if the facilities are actually treating sewage.In a...
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News Briefs: Water Employee Dies in Chemical Explosion
An employee at Water Rescue Services near Midland, Texas, died in a chemical explosion on Monday, Jan. 4. Authorities reported that the...
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News Briefs: City Operators Manipulated Chlorine Levels, Says DNR
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it plans to permanently revoke the state wastewater treatment certification of two former Sioux City...
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Des Moines Sets Nitrate Removal Record; Continues With Lawsuit
Utilities nationwide could ultimately pay a higher price for safe drinking water if feuding factions in Iowa are unable to reach a...
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Upcycled Water Meters? Here’s How One Utility Got Its Pinterest On
When Duane Covington took over as superintendent of Chariton Waterworks almost two years ago, he resumed a project started by his predecessor...
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News Briefs: Water Workers Sue Over Age Discrimination
Sixteen former employees of the Las Vegas Valley Water District have filed a civil lawsuit against the utility, claiming they were forced...
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News Briefs: Chrysler Worker Dies at Wastewater Treatment Plant
An employee at an FCA US plant in Detroit died this week while preforming maintenance operations at the facility’s onsite wastewater treatment plant....
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News Briefs: Super Bacteria Help Turn Wastewater to Candy Wrappers
It might sound like a joke waiting for a punch line, but the question of, “how do you turn wastewater into candy...
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Water Works To Sue Neighboring Counties
Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa — alarmed by rising nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers —...
Editorial
An Iowa Team Masters A New Plant's Biological Nutrient Removal Process
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this article was written, Clinton’s water quality superintendent Dan Riney has retired from that community and has taken a...

















