Entry 243516A recent report on what went wrong at Lewes (Delaware) Wastewater Treatment Plant back in December lists insufficient monitoring and maintenance...
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News Briefs: Wisconsin WWTPs Decline to Test for PFAS
Entry 243536The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reporting that more than 100 wastewater treatment facilities have declined to participate in a...
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News Briefs: Treated Leachate May Contribute to Vermont's PFAS Problem
Entry 243551A recent report by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is shining light on how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may...
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News Briefs: Residents Under Long-Term Water Advisory in Summerville, Georgia
Entry 243554The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that residents in Summerville, Georgia, could be under a water advisory for up to a...
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News Briefs: Riverbanks Are Red After Sonoma County Winery Spill
Entry 243563An estimated 97,000 gallons of wine spilled out of a blending tank at the Rodney Strong Winery in Sonoma County, California....
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News Briefs: Florida Utility Under Investigation for Illegally Dumping Sewage in Woods
Entry 243566Normandy Village Utility in Jacksonville, Florida, is under investigation by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, according to a recent article...
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News Briefs: New San Francisco Apartment Building Targeting Water Reuse
Entry 243574A new 754-unit luxury apartment building in San Francisco is aiming to reuse some of its wastewater, according to a report...
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News Briefs: Trespasser Opens Valves at WWTP, Releases 400,000 Gallons
Entry 243589An unknown trespasser recently broke into a wastewater treatment plant in Fife Lake, Michigan, and released hundreds of thousands of gallons...
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News Briefs: Delaware WWTP Experiences Weeks of Malfunctions, Discharges
Entry 243601The Lewes (Delaware) Wastewater Treatment Plant so far has replaced two of its filter units after a plant malfunction led to...
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News Briefs: Contractor Rescued After 20-Foot Fall at WWTP
Entry 243604A contractor from Raleigh, North Carolina, was rescued after a 20-foot fall at a wastewater treatment facility in the city.
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News Briefs: Turbine Explosion Injures Three, Shatters Residential Windows
Entry 243612The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans recently reported a turbine explosion at the Carrollton Water Treatment Plant injured three...
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News Briefs: Waste Hauler Crashes Into Pump Station in Ohio
Entry 243618A 60,000-pound waste hauler semi-truck in Rome, Georgia, recently rolled down an incline and crashed into a wastewater treatment plant’s drain...
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News Briefs: Watch a Bald Eagle Get Rescued from a Settling Pond
Entry 243629A wildlife rehabilitation group based out of Delta, British Columbia, recently rescued a bald eagle that had landed in a wastewater...
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News Briefs: Minnesota WWTP May Feature Public Display of Pumps Clogged With Wipes
Entry 243637The Hutchinson (Minnesota) Wastewater Treatment Facility may soon put a gallery of valves and pumps clogged with wet wipes and rags...





