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News Briefs: Body of Man Who Fell Into Water Conduit is Found
After several hours of searching, the body of a man who fell into a water conduit in El Dorado County, California, was...
Editorial
WaterWays Program Teaches Youth to Preserve Water Resources
They can be a drop of saltwater in the Atlantic Ocean. Or a drop of clean water fresh from a well. Or...
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News Briefs: Firefighters Rescue Utility by Pumping Town's Water With Truck
The community of Southwest Harbor, Maine, recently had a fire truck pumping its drinking water through the system after a pump failure.Firefighters...
Editorial
A Formal System Serves Well for a High-Quality Beneficial Use Program
Being small is no reason to cut corners. That’s a reason the Mechanic Falls (Maine) Sanitary District has a formal biosolids management...
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From Abandoned Plant to High-Tech Wastewater University
A once-shuttered water treatment plant could find new life as a one-of-a-kind, hands-on training center for future water and wastewater operators.Built in...
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East Coast Municipalities Prepare For Spring Snowmelt
As the East Coast recovers from an unusually harsh winter season, the jaw-dropping effect has been revealed along the way, and Boston’s...
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News Briefs: Mothballed Plant Could Become Wastewater University
A mothballed water treatment plant, once operated by Maine’s Greater Augusta Utility District, could become the site of a unique hands-on water...
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News Briefs: #Hellastorm Dumps 1.5 Billion Gallons Into Reservoirs
San Francisco and other parts of the parched West Coast couldn’t help but cheer during what’s become known on social media as...
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Can Public Education Keep Wipes Out of Sewers? Here's Proof Positive.
Note: Ted J. Rulseh, editor of TPO magazine, was at WEFTEC in New Orleans this week. If you didn't get a chance...
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Leak Detectives: Dogs Sniff Out Failing Wastewater Systems
For thousands of years dogs have tracked game for humans. Now they’re tracking threats to human health.Several years ago, Scott Reynolds realized...
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Young Artists Celebrated During 2014 Maine Clean Water Week
Elementary and high school students in Maine participated in a poster contest during the state’s Clean Water Week, which was celebrated June...
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News Briefs: Success! Maine Program Reduces Baby Wipes in Pump Stations
Fewer baby wipes are ending up in the Portland Water District Cottage Place pump station in Westbrook, Maine, thanks to a pilot...
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News Briefs: Heavy Rains Send Record Sewage Spill Into Harbor
About 25 million gallons of partially treated wastewater ended up in Stamford Harbor, Conn., after heavy rains inundated the wastewater treatment facility....



















