Entry 243455Workers at Baltimore, Maryland’s Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant recently staged a walkout, citing unsafe working conditions, according to WMAR News.
One worker...
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News Briefs: Waste Hauler Crashes Into Pump Station in Ohio
Entry 243618A 60,000-pound waste hauler semi-truck in Rome, Georgia, recently rolled down an incline and crashed into a wastewater treatment plant’s drain...
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News Briefs: Proposed Clean Water Act Changes Could Fast-Track Gas Pipelines
Entry 244229The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed regulatory changes aimed at streamlining the approval process under the Clean Water Act’s...
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News Briefs: WWTP Supervisor Dies After Falling from Catwalk
Entry 244303A longtime public employee in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, died after falling into a wastewater treatment tank, according to CBS...
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Massive Biosolids Project in Maryland Will Help Protect Chesapeake Bay
The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission of Maryland and CEO Carla Reid recently joined U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin, Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles,...
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Baltimore Finds an Innovative Way to Recruit a New Generation of Professionals
Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph Chow, P.E., met with department...
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News Briefs: Cryptosporidium Discovery Causes Boil-Water Notice in B.C.
Entry 244538The residents of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, are under a boil-water advisory after city officials found elevated levels of the parasites...
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News Briefs: Fire at Minnesota Plant Causes 'Catastrophic Damage'
Entry 245082A fire inside the biosolids building of a wastewater treatment plant in Northfield, Minnesota, resulted in catastrophic damage, according to the...
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News Briefs: Lawsuit Accuses Companies of Inflating Price of Aluminum Sulfate
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission — Maryland’s largest water utility — recently filed a federal lawsuit accusing eight companies and five executives of...
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News Briefs: Water Plant Under Probe After Dead Rats Were Found in Processes
Federal environmental officials have their eye on Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California, after finding rats and a frog in water treatment processes...
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News Briefs: Vandals at Bismarck Plant Damage Vehicles, Equipment
Vandals in Bismarck, North Dakota, recently did more than $30,000 in damage to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, according to local police.Vehicles...
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November 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More
Editor’s Note: Each month, we’ll bring you a roundup of new water and wastewater projects from across the country. If you would like...
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Living Fencing Solution Blends Aesthetics and Security
In downtown Havre de Grace, a 17-foot-tall living fence graces the front and one side of the highly visible water treatment plant.Hundreds...
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The Decision Maker: How La Plata Plant Became an Award-Winner
Heavy runoff caused sanitary sewer overflows in the Town of La Plata, Maryland. At the La Plata Wastewater Reclamation Facility, high influxes...











