Entries Tagged New Orleans

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a 48-inch water main ruptures in Uptown New Orleans, causing significant flooding

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, sinking levees in New Orleans require more than $1 billion in upgrades

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, Tampa Bay Water announced that it isn't getting enough liquid oxygen to treat its water due to Florida’s current COVID-19 surge

Also in this week's sewer and water news, scientists with the University of California-Berkeley launch a pop-up lab to test wastewater for COVID-19

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, an article in The Atlantic takes a look at Mardi Gras' role in damaging New Orleans' vital sewer system

In this week's water and wastewater news, two people are hospitalized and a third refuses treatment after a turbine explodes at the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant in New Orleans

Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a dog is rescued from an aeration pond in Colorado; and a New Orleans-area utility is under fire for bullying customers

In this week's water and wastewater news, an orphaned water system in Appalachian Kentucky leaves drinking water untested for decades; 10 former water employees in New Orleans are arrested for stealing $500,000 worth of brass fittings; a watchdog group in Australia has sued the makers of flushable wet wipes; and Canada's untreated wastewater problem grew to 54 billion gallons in 2015 despite new regulations.

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