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Entry 244952The state of Washington levied $118,500 in fines on King County for 27 instances of wastewater discharge exceedances, five instances of...

Entry 244961A recent wastewater spill of more than 1.5 million gallons into Casco Bay was due to human error, according to a...

Entry 244989A blaze that required 50 firefighters on scene at a water treatment plant in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, resulted in damages to offices...

Entry 245011The failure of an electric motor at a water treatment plant in Elgin, Illinois, started a fire in a building that...

Entry 245029A lime dust explosion at a Kansas City water treatment plant injured two workers July 15. The workers reportedly had chemical...

Entry 245035A secondary digester tank recently caught fire at a wastewater treatment facility in Billings, Montana, causing about $15,000 in damage and...

Entry 245066Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the brain-eating amoeba, has made a return to Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana. It’s the third time...

Entry 245082A fire inside the biosolids building of a wastewater treatment plant in Northfield, Minnesota, resulted in catastrophic damage, according to the...

Entry 245088 Water tests in Salem, Stayton, Turner and Wilsonville, Oregon, recently showed the water was unsafe for young children and some adults...

Entry 245091A former laboratory technician at the Billings (Montana) Water Treatment Plant is accused of contaminating her coworker's water test samples and...

On May 22, the New York Times reported that the U.S. EPA banned the Associated Press (AP) and CNN from attending the...

So-called flushable wipes are causing serious issues for a wastewater treatment plant out of Muskegon County, Michigan, and residents are complaining about...

Entry 245113Although this first bit of news originates further from home than usual, it's a pretty wild story and a good reminder...

Entry 245130Two water treatment operators in Siskiyou County, California, lost their operators’ licenses for failure to report bacteria in Dunsmuir and McCloud...