A wastewater reuse project that took 14 years of planning is winning big environmental awards for the Riverhead Sewer District on Long...
Entries Tagged New York
Editorial
Direct Inline Pumping of Influent Boosts Efficiency and Eliminates a Confined-Space Hazard
The team at the village of Sherman’s clean-water plant in New York faced frequent and hazardous confined-space entries to de-rag pumps in...
Online Exclusives
Making the Most of Media Exposure
One of the biggest challenges all utilities face is garnering public support, whether for capital improvement or rehabilitation and repair.
“A wastewater treatment...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Watertown Cited for Safety Violations in Operator’s Death
The city of Watertown, New York, has been cited by the state for seven safety violations related to the death of wastewater...
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News Briefs: Water Expert Warned Flint Plant Not to Open in 2014
A water expert from Genesee County, Michigan, testified recently that he warned city officials in 2014 the water treatment plant in Flint...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Houston Police Seek WWTP Break-In Suspects
The Houston (Texas) Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a trio of suspects who allegedly recorded a video of...
Online Exclusives
News Briefs: Americans Using Much Less Water, Says USGS
Americans are using less water throughout the course of a day, according to statistics recently released by the U.S. Geological Survey’s National...
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News Briefs: Startup Company Develops Flushable Pregnancy Test
Lia Diagnostics recently launched the first-ever flushable pregnancy test at TechCrunch in Berlin.The tests are made from a special paper that claims...
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News Briefs: Researchers Use Mussels to Scrub Bronx River of Nutrients
A team of marine scientists, a mussel farmer and youth volunteers in New York City recently stocked a raft with ribbed mussels...
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News Briefs: Lawsuit Accuses Companies of Inflating Price of Aluminum Sulfate
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission — Maryland’s largest water utility — recently filed a federal lawsuit accusing eight companies and five executives of...
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News Briefs: Treatment Plant Vandals Leave 2,000 Residents Without Water
An act of water treatment plant vandalism recently left 2,000 residents in Crow Agency, Montana, without clean water and caused $1 million...
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News Briefs: Mock Water Treatment Disaster Held in Indiana
Police, firefighters and several other departments and businesses in Gary, Indiana, recently practiced responding to a mock water treatment plant disaster.The mock...
Editorial
This Lead Operator Is Nothing Short of a Civic Asset
To the 16,000 customers of the Oneonta (New York) Water Treatment Plant, Stanley Shaffer is more than the lead operator. In 38...
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News Briefs: Irma Knocks Out Pump Stations in Southern Florida
Hurricane Irma knocked out power for as many as 15 million people in southern Florida, which in turn has rendered a number...



















