Entry 244381A wastewater treatment facility in Phenix City, Alabama, lost power and suffered significant damage in its offices and lab during a...
Entries Tagged Michigan
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Fire Destroys Water Treatment Plant in Saskatchewan
Entry 244435Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation in Saskatchewan is under a state of emergency after a fire burned down its water...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Private Contractor Found Dead in Holding Tank
Entry 244499A private contractor hired to test and maintain several wastewater treatment plants was found dead in a holding tank after an...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: New Estimates Show Extent of Hurricane Florence's Wastewater Discharges
Entry 244514A joint report by the The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer and The Herald Sun recently sought to answer a...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Indirect Reuse Project in Florida Facing Resistance
Entry 244550A $350 million project proposal could see indirect reuse of wastewater in the City of Tampa, Florida, but a city council...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Researchers to Present Findings on PFAS Remediation Options
Entry 244599Michigan State University scientists are working to develop remediation techniques for wastewater contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and are...
Videos
This Plant's Effluent Is Cleaner Than the River
In this online exclusive video, Brian Ross, senior assistant director of Water & Waste Services, takes viewers on a tour of a...
Editorial
Brian Ross Strives to Make His Community and Its Water and Wastewater Facilities the Best They Can Be
“Commitment” is almost a cliche, but not when applied to Brian Ross. As senior assistant director of public service for the Genesee...
Editorial
Award-Winning Lab Supervisor Wendy Schultz Takes Performance to New Heights in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wendy Schultz took an interest in water and the environment after spending summers at a Michigan lake.
“My mom, aunt, and uncle were...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Milwaukee Tests Pipes in Advance of Switching to Lake Michigan Water
Entry 244703To avoid making the same mistakes as Flint, Michigan, the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, is taking precautions almost five years in...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: King County Faces $118,000 in Fines for Illicit Discharges
Entry 244952The state of Washington levied $118,500 in fines on King County for 27 instances of wastewater discharge exceedances, five instances of...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Human Error Causes Chlorine Tank Overflow
Entry 244961A recent wastewater spill of more than 1.5 million gallons into Casco Bay was due to human error, according to a...
Online Exclusives
Water Quality Is a Central Focus for Michigan’s Genesee County Communities
A dozen communities in Genesee County, Michigan, recently began receiving potable water from a new multimillion-dollar water treatment plant in neighboring Lapeer...
Editorial
Award-Winning Project Manager Mark Houle Tackles Challenges With Experience, Problem-Solving Skills and a Dedicated Team
Mark Houle’s first job was collecting and analyzing industrial wastewater samples and operating a 53 million-gallon retention basin for the Oakland County...










