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This Minnesota City Casts a Wide Net in Capturing Efficiencies and Sustainable Practices
At the St. Cloud Wastewater Treatment Facility, success led to more success with energy and sustainability projects.
Things moved so quickly that the...
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News Briefs: New York Creek Still Running Black After September Wastewater Spill
Entry 243221City officials are working to fix a problem with Oneida, New York’s wastewater treatment plant, as a local creek has been...
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News Briefs: WWTP Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Wastewater Samples
Entry 243239Associated Press is reporting that a former wastewater treatment plant superintendent has pleaded guilty to manipulating water sample test results so...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Testing Predicts Minnesota COVID-19 Outbreak
Entry 243293Wastewater testing for COVID-19 has continued around the nation, including testing at 22 treatment facilities in Minnesota thanks to the University...
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News Briefs: Upgrades Planned for Tijuana River Infrastructure Near U.S.-Mexico Border
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As a result of efforts by the Mexican government’s interagency work group, the Mexican Section of the International Boundary and Water...
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News Briefs: Trespasser Opens Valves at WWTP, Releases 400,000 Gallons
Entry 243589An unknown trespasser recently broke into a wastewater treatment plant in Fife Lake, Michigan, and released hundreds of thousands of gallons...
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News Briefs: Minnesota WWTP May Feature Public Display of Pumps Clogged With Wipes
Entry 243637The Hutchinson (Minnesota) Wastewater Treatment Facility may soon put a gallery of valves and pumps clogged with wet wipes and rags...
Editorial
Public Outreach Doesn't Have to Be by Mail or Door to Door. Here's an Innovative Approach by a Major Utility
A website created by Metropolitan Council Environmental Services delivers public information that has helped engage residents and reduce I&I.Metropolitan Council Environmental Services,...
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News Briefs: Suspect Flees After Setting Fire to Water Treatment Facility
Entry 244264Police in Cross County, Arkansas, are investigating a possible arson case, as they claim someone set a fire at a local...
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News Briefs: Utility Shuts Down Well Waiting for PFAS Guidance
Entry 244424Madison (Wisconsin) Water Utility has announced it is shutting down a drinking water well in an effort to protect customers from...
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Operator Ingenuity: Surviving a Polar Vortex
No matter what you do as an operator, mother nature has a way of disregarding best-laid plans.
In the closing days of January,...
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News Briefs: Secondary Digester Catches Fire at Billings WWTP
Entry 245035A secondary digester tank recently caught fire at a wastewater treatment facility in Billings, Montana, causing about $15,000 in damage and...
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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...









