Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Salem, Oregon, continues its fight against cyanotoxins; and designers are making wedding dresses out of toilet paper

In this week's water and wastewater news, a Minnesota city declares a state of emergency after a treatment plant fire; and the failure of a membrane system in Iowa leaves customers from nine counties boiling water

In this week's water and wastewater news, a worker in Tennessee is seriously injured in a welding accident at a wastewater treatment plant; and the governor of Iowa is asking for $850 million for waterway improvement projects

In this week's water and wastewater news, a Pennsylvania elementary school ignored lead contamination test results from the DEP; a Virginia court decides to continue allowing farmland application of biosolids; and a winery gets ready to use an on-site wastewater treatment system.

In this week's water and wastewater news, a woman from Florida cuts power to lift stations in Bay County; a report from the EPA shows six treatment plants in Arizona's Navajo Nation have violated the Clean Water Act for years; an Iowa man drives his Chevy into a wastewater lagoon; and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality lifts its warning about Johnson Utilities' drinking water.

In this week's water and wastewater news, the FBI is investigating a treatment plant in Sioux City, Iowa; Johnson Utilities and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality are releasing conflicting statements about the utility's water quality; a significant chlorine spill in Lee, New York, hospitalizes two workers; and Israel is commended for recycling 90 percent of its wastewater.

In this week's water and wastewater news, Arizona breweries gear up for a new competition, Iowa treatment plants tackle flooding, and the family of a man who died in a treatment plant accident files a lawsuit.