Entries Tagged Michigan

Edward O’Rourke, 60, was sentenced to three years in a state prison for submitting false water purity information to the New Jersey...

Nov. 29, 2011: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appoints Michael Brown the first emergency manager of four to help deal with a declared...

A small-system water operator in Sebring, Ohio, has denied misleading the public about unsafe lead levels in the town’s drinking water. According...

On Jan. 16, President Barack Obama issued an emergency declaration that makes available federal aid for the drinking water crisis in Flint,...

President Obama has declared the water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, a federal emergency. The designation lets the city accept $5 million in...

As it often goes with traditions, we can’t remember how they began. Such is the case in Saginaw, Michigan, where a historic water...

A water crisis in Flint, Michigan, hit an alarming level this week as Mayor Karen W. Weaver declared a state of emergency,...

Are you a wastewater treatment plant operator? Or would you prefer “resource recovery specialist?” Do you work at a wastewater treatment plant?...

A contract worker at the Piscataway Wastewater Treatment Plant near Accokeek, Maryland, was rescued Nov. 17 after falling 24 feet from scaffolding...

Lightning hit a wastewater treatment facility in Harvard, Massachusetts, on Nov. 12, causing about $100,000 in damages. The strike traveled through the...

A former Dolton, Illinois, water operator has been charged with falsifying drinking water sample paperwork. According to a report in the Chicago...

An employee at an FCA US plant in Detroit died this week while preforming maintenance operations at the facility’s onsite wastewater treatment plant....

On late Tuesday, a small explosion at the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, quickly turned into a blaze so...

The staff at the Downriver Wastewater Treatment Facility has faced plenty of challenges. Their collective experience, perseverance, teamwork and loyalty have led...