Entry 243239Associated Press is reporting that a former wastewater treatment plant superintendent has pleaded guilty to manipulating water sample test results so...
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News Briefs: Michigan Governor Announces Big Investment Into Water Infrastructure
Entry 243248Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced MI Clean Water — a $500 million comprehensive water infrastructure investment in Michigan’s water systems from source to tap. The...
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News Briefs: Former Superintendent Charged With Falsifying Wastewater Tests
Entry 243262The former superintendent of the wastewater treatment plant in Sioux City, Iowa, is charged with falsifying wastewater test results to make...
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News Briefs: Two Workers Found Dead in Nebraska Pump House
Entry 243273The Associated Press recently reported that two employees of the city of McCook, Nebraska, were found dead within the sludge pump...
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News Briefs: Ohio Sets Up Wastewater Monitoring Network for COVID-19
Entry 243276Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine recently announced that state and federal officials have set up a COVID-19 monitoring network in 22 cities...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Testing for COVID-19 Pays Off for Utah State University
Entry 243279There are stories emerging about college campuses throughout the nation testing wastewater for traces of COVID-19 in an effort to predict...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Testing Predicts Minnesota COVID-19 Outbreak
Entry 243293Wastewater testing for COVID-19 has continued around the nation, including testing at 22 treatment facilities in Minnesota thanks to the University...
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News Briefs: Dead Lizards Discovered in California Drinking Water Tank
Entry 243299During a late-July inspection of one of Garberville (California) Sanitary District’s drinking water tanks, workers discovered dead lizards in the bottom...
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News Briefs: Firefighters Treated for Heat Exhaustion After Treatment Plant Blaze
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Two firefighters from Middletown, Connecticut, were treated for heat exhaustion after battling a blaze at the J.S. Roth Water Treatment Plant.It took the...
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News Briefs: New Solar Material Could Clean Drinking Water
Entry 243308Providing clean water to soldiers in the field and citizens around the world is essential, and yet remains one of the...
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News Briefs: Two Massachusetts Treatment Plant Workers Injured in Chemical Accident
Entry 243327Two water treatment plant workers in Wrentham, Massachusetts, were transported by medical helicopter to a hospital for injuries sustained in a...
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News Briefs: Water Plant's Black Plume of Carbon Alarms Area Residents
Entry 243333Residents in Parker, Colorado, were calling 911 after spotting a black cloud of smoke coming out of the city’s water treatment...
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News Briefs: Large Wastewater Spill Concerns Sarasota Bay Residents
Entry 243344Local residents are reporting environmental impacts as a result of a 26 to 28 million gallon wastewater spill that occurred at...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Tests Reveal COVID-19 Was in Italy in December
Entry 243361After examining 40 wastewater samples that were previously collected between October 2019 and February 2020, researchers have determined COVID-19 was already...





