Entry 242266Following the February boil water notice in Austin, Texas, that made national headlines, the Austin City Council is asking its city...
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News Briefs: WWTP Building Floods With Sewage After Pipe Breaks in Basement
Entry 242274The Binghamton Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant in Vestal, New York, recently declared an emergency after a malfunction caused one...
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News Briefs: Desalination Decision Approaches for Orange County
Entry 242282Next month, the California Coastal Commission is set to decide whether to allow Poseidon Water to build a $1.4 billion seawater...
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News Briefs: Austin Water Director Resigns After Citywide Boil-Water Notice
Entry 242290Austin (Texas) Water Director Greg Meszaros has resigned and three employees have been placed on leave following a citywide boil-water notice...
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News Briefs: Austin Residents Undergo Citywide Boil-Water Advisory
Entry 242299An error by operations staff at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant in Austin, Texas, recently resulted in a citywide boil-water notice...
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News Briefs: White House Announces Water/Wastewater Cybersecurity Initiative
Entry 242302The White House in partnership with Environmental Protection Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Water Sector Coordinating Council...
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News Briefs: State of Maryland Sues Baltimore Over Wastewater Discharges
Entry 242310The state of Maryland has filed a lawsuit against the City of Baltimore because of untreated wastewater discharges into the Chesapeake...
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News Briefs: Billings Water Source Runs Low as Yellowstone River Levels Drop
Entry 242313The only water source for Billings, Montana, is running low, according to officials via the Billings Gazette.
Following a summer that saw record...
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News Briefs: State of Iowa Suing Sioux City for Fraudulent Wastewater Samples
Entry 242321The state of Iowa is suing Sioux City for submitting fraudulent wastewater test results, according to Iowa Public Radio.
The city’s wastewater...
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News Briefs: Anchorage Mayor Orders Brief Fluoride Shutoff
Entry 242336A number of recent news reports claim the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, recently ordered the city’s fluoridation to be temporarily shut...
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News Briefs: Wisconsin Water Groups Ask DNR to Rethink PFAS Regulations
Entry 242366The Municipal Environmental Group Water Division (MEG-Water) is asking the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to throw out rules the agency...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Testing Plays Key Role in Tracking Omicron Variant
Entry 242369Wastewater sampling and testing is playing a crucial role in tracking the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, as laboratory...
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News Briefs: Hawaii Hiker Finds Stream That Smells of Beer and Tests at 1.2% ABV
Entry 242388A hiker recently discovered that a stream in Waipio, Hawaii, was contaminated with high amounts of alcohol after he noticed he...
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News Briefs: Mississippi City's WWTPs in Jeopardy Due to Lack of Qualified Operators
Entry 242402The public works director for Jackson, Mississippi, recently urged the city council to pass an emergency order to pay its staff...





