Two workers were killed after being overcome by methane gas in a wastewater lift station in Petal, Mississippi.The city had contracted with...
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Getting the Arsenic Out: Nebraska City Finds Treatment Solution
Customer: City of Stromsburg, NebraskaContaminant: ArsenicFlow rate: 1.1 mgdProblem: In May 2011, AdEdge Water Technologies was selected among other vendors by Miller...
Editorial
Nebraska Plant Installs Advanced Grit Management System
As a critical part of a $21.5 million upgrade to its wastewater treatment facilities, the Nebraska city of Grand Island installed a...
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News Briefs: Body Found Near Yutan Wastewater Plant
The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office in Yutan, Nebraska, recovered a body from a lagoon at the Yutan Wastewater Treatment Plant on Thursday,...
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Nebraska WEA Announces Training and Conferences
The Nebraska Water Environment Association will hold the following training sessions and conferences.2015 Conferences
April 22-23 — Great Plains Waste Management Conferences, LaVista,...
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News Briefs: Treatment Plant Floods After Water Main Breaks
Cleanup is underway at the West Jefferson Treatment Plant in Detroit, where a 16-inch water main break caused flooding inside the facility....
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Weekly News Briefs: Methane Buildup Triggers Plant Explosion
A methane explosion on March 24 at the Goshen (Ind.) Wastewater Treatment Plant was likely caused by methane buildup in the plant’s...
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Private or public?
It’s an old question: Are clean-water plants better run by cities or by private contractors under city supervision? As in many areas,...










