Entries Tagged Nevada

A Water Conservation Award program in a Nevada desert city recognizes actions such as replacing turf grass with alternatives that need less irrigation

A lifelong love of things mechanical was Jeff Michalak’s ticket to a clean-water career. He quickly came to love his new profession.

The additional water will help protect Glen Canyon Dam hydroelectric operations in 2022

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the U.S. Navy says a jet fuel spill is what led to contaminated tap water in military households in Honolulu, Hawaii

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the U.S. government declares a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the owner of a private industrial wastewater pretreatment facility is indicted for years of illegal discharges into Orange County, California, sewers

‘Calm and collected’ Andrew Hickman helps a rural Nevada water treatment plant produce a decade of violation-free operation while building an award-winning career.

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a city in Nevada will drain its wastewater plant to eradicate an odor that has plagued the facility since an illegal dumping incident two years ago

In this week's water and wastewater news, operators in Canada protect a water plant during a catastrophic fire, a Flint water worker pleads no contest to charges related to the water crisis, and a Las Vegas water utility loses $4.5 million in an office supply scheme.

A Presidents Award from the Partnership for Safe Water was a natural result of commitment to excellence by the entire Truckee Meadows team.