Entry 245066Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the brain-eating amoeba, has made a return to Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana. It’s the third time...
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News Briefs: Utility Worker Loses Foot After Getting It Stuck in Pump
Entry 245113Although this first bit of news originates further from home than usual, it's a pretty wild story and a good reminder...
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News Briefs: Hurricane Harvey Wreaks Havoc on Treatment Facilities
Editor's Note: Here are a few of the top water and wastewater treatment headlines this week surrounding Hurricane Harvey. We're talking to...
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News Briefs: Two Louisiana Systems Test Positive for 'Brain-Eating Amoeba'
Two of Louisiana’s water systems have tested positive for Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba known colloquially as the brain-eating amoeba, according to the...
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News Briefs: Worker Rescued After Falling Into Treatment Plant Hole
A Baton Rouge Wastewater Treatment worker was recently hospitalized following an incident that left him trapped in a hole at the facility.The...
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News Briefs: Operator's Accidental Keystroke Leaves 80,000 Without Water
An accidental keystroke from a plant operator left around 80,000 Orange County residents without water for more than 24 hours.According to a...
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News Briefs: Appalachian Water System Hasn't Tested for Contaminants in Decades
An orphaned water system in the Appalachian region of Kentucky hasn’t tested for contaminants for decades, although it collected numerous violation notices...
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Initiating Water Culture Through Water Clusters
In today’s volatile political arena, water is perhaps more important than it has ever been. And with new regulations and technological changes...
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Effluent Benefits Wildlife at Barataria-Terrebone Estuary
The Thibodaux Wastewater Treatment Plant is an aerated lagoon system with mechanical bar screens, high-flow trickling filters, and primary and final clarifiers.The...
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News Briefs: Suspected Drowning at Plant Attributed to Heart Attack
Although first considered a drowning accident at a Baton Rouge (Louisiana) wastewater treatment plant, an autopsy revealed that 57-year-old plant worker Michael...
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How One City Tackled Expensive Infrastructure Upgrades
The Louisiana City of Tallulah prospered for many years, until the 1970s, when a large lumber mill closed down and the newly...
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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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WEF Opens Registration for Great Water Cities Series
Registration is now open for the next installment of the Water Environment Federation’s Great Water Cities dialogue series. Great Water Cities: Collaborating...
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Weekly News Briefs: Wastewater Nutrients Could Benefit Wetlands
Rerouted wastewater could rejuvenate some of Louisiana’s wetlands. As part of the Wetland Assimilation Project at the South Terrebonne Wastewater Treatment Plant,...














