Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the Charlotte County (Florida) Utilities Department releases a schedule of treatment plant tours in early 2020

States have used the Clean Water Act's Section 401 to delay and block natural gas pipeline projects in an effort to protect drinking water sources

Longtime public employee Trina Cunningham was found dead in the filtration system of the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant in Baltimore, Maryland

The $262 million Piscataway Bioenergy Project is the most technically advanced project the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has ever taken on

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a worker in Baltimore is killed by an excavator during a wastewater treatment plant construction project

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 Maryland utility files a lawsuit alleging companies are conspiring to fix the price of aluminum sulfate; and a water board member says the Niagara Falls wastewater plant is facing serious issues

In this week's water and wastewater news, federal officials are investigating Camp Pendleton after finding rats in water treatment processes at the base; and a water employee shoots his own leg to fabricate a story about a sniper

In this week's water and wastewater news, vandalism causes $30,000 in damage at a plant in Bismarck, North Dakota; and Flint, Michigan, accidentally lets its chlorine tote run dry