Entry 242524A recent mechanical failure at Los Angeles’ oldest wastewater treatment plant — the Hyperion plant — caused 17 million gallons of...
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News Briefs: Michigan Announces Grants to Support COVID-19 Wastewater Surveillance
Entry 242542The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently announced $49 million in grant funding to support 19 projects around the...
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News Briefs: FBI Investigating Water Treatment Plant Hacking in San Francisco
Entry 242554Just as the Water Sector Coordinating Council released the results of a survey showing the cybersecurity preparedness levels of the water...
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News Briefs: Tucson Officials to Shut Down Water Treatment Plant Due to PFAS
Entry 242560Officials in Tucson, Arizona, say they plan to shut down the city’s water treatment plant as a precaution against high levels...
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News Briefs: New Study to Examine Water Infrastructure Quality's Relation to Economic Growth
Entry 242563The University of Kentucky’s Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky is teaming with Communities Unlimited in Arkansas and the Urban...
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News Briefs: Cyberattacks on Utilities Likely to Continue, Says DHS Report
Entry 242586The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis recently released a report titled “Malicious Cyber Actors Likely to...
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News Briefs: Montana Resort to Recycle Wastewater for Snow on Ski Runs
Entry 242589After a decade of work on the project, a popular private ski resort near Big Sky, Montana, could soon be the...
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News Briefs: City Manager Drinks Effluent on Video to Prove New Plant's Safety
Entry 242611After some citizens expressed concerns over a new wastewater treatment plant’s proximity to the Blackwater River, a city manager in Milton,...
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News Briefs: New Hampshire Culminates 7-Year Effort With PFAS Treatment Facility
Entry 242631The high-water mark of a seven-year effort to deal with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, has been...
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News Briefs: 'Flushable' Wipes Manufacturer Reaches Settlement With South Carolina Utility
Entry 242639In a landmark case for the wastewater industry, Kimberly-Clark Corp. recently reached a settlement with a wastewater utility in Charleston, South...
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News Briefs: Japan Plans Release of Contaminated Water from Fukushima Plant
Entry 242642Japan is planning to release into the Pacific Ocean more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima...
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News Briefs: Former Kansas Operator Faces Prison for Remotely Tampering With Disinfection
Entry 242657A former water treatment plant worker in Kansas is facing up to 25 years in federal prison for breaking into the...
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News Briefs: Pennsylvania WWTP Finds Digester Leak as Building Partially Collapses
Entry 242683A digester leak at a wastewater treatment facility in York City, Pennsylvania, was discovered around the same time the façade of...
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News Briefs: Mystery Chemical Dump Causes Issues at Minnesota WWTP
Entry 242691The city of Princeton, Minnesota, is asking its residents to be more careful about what they dump down the drain after...





