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A recent E. coli water contamination in Baltimore has been attributed to old infrastructure, according to The Daily Record.
An official from the...
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News Briefs: Hawaii DOH Fines Navy, Orders WWTP Repairs
Entry 242006The Hawaii Department of Health recently issued a Notice of Violation and Order to the U.S. Navy to address a myriad...
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News Briefs: Employees Evacuated After Chlorine Leak at Jackson Water Treatment Plant
Entry 242012Employees were evacuated and safety personnel were notified of a chlorine leak in the chemical building at O.B. Curtis Water Treatment...
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News Briefs: California to Begin Testing Drinking Water for Microplastics
Entry 242024In a first for the world, the California State Water Resources Control Board recently approved requirements for testing drinking water for...
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News Briefs: Long-Dormant Arizona Treatment Plant Returns to Service Amidst Drought
Entry 242030A water treatment plant that has been dormant for the past 12 years will come back online as a drought-response measure,...
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News Briefs: Jackson Is Without Reliable Water Indefinitely After Treatment Plant Failure
Entry 242033In what Time magazine is calling a “crisis decades in the making,” 180,000 residents in Jackson, Mississippi lack access to reliable...
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News Briefs: U.S. and Mexico Agree to Fund New WWTPs Near Tijuana Border
Entry 242042The United States and Mexico recently signed a treaty to construct new wastewater treatment facilities near the international border to stop...
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News Briefs: Detroit Residents Must Boil Water for Weeks Following Main Break
Entry 242073A boil water advisory in Detroit has been extended to three weeks after a break was discovered in a 120-inch main...
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News Briefs: Poliovirus Detected in New York Wastewater
Entry 242076New York health officials are urging people to get vaccinated against poliovirus after it was detected in wastewater samples near New...
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News Briefs: Planned Burns by Forest Service Affecting Water in New Mexico
Entry 242079Contaminated water flowing from the Gallinas River due to a burn scar recently resulted in Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declaring an...
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News Briefs: Residents Evacuated After Chlorine Leak at Virginia WWTP
Entry 242082A hazmat situation in Farmville, Virginia, recently caused the state’s Department of Emergency Management and members of the local fire department...
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News Briefs: EPA Officials Tour Pure Water San Diego Project
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials recently toured the ongoing Pure Water San Diego project, which will expand the North City Water Reclamation...
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News Briefs: Texas Firefighters Rescue Dog From Treatment Plant Canal
Entry 242110Firefighters in El Paso, Texas, recently rescued a dog that was fighting for survival while it swam in a canal at...
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News Briefs: Man Threatens Water Employees With Pitchfork in Oregon
Entry 242121A man is facing felony criminal charges after threatening two Portland (Oregon) Water Bureau employees with a pitchfork and then burglarizing...





