A brewery in Denver, Colorado, has announced plans to brew and blind taste-test beer made with recycled water.Lone Tree Brewing Co. recently...
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News Briefs: Mock Water Treatment Disaster Held in Indiana
Police, firefighters and several other departments and businesses in Gary, Indiana, recently practiced responding to a mock water treatment plant disaster.The mock...
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News Briefs: Irma Knocks Out Pump Stations in Southern Florida
Hurricane Irma knocked out power for as many as 15 million people in southern Florida, which in turn has rendered a number...
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News Briefs: Hurricane Harvey Wreaks Havoc on Treatment Facilities
Editor's Note: Here are a few of the top water and wastewater treatment headlines this week surrounding Hurricane Harvey. We're talking to...
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News Briefs: Operator Shoots Nail Into His Heart, Drives to Hospital
An operator from the village of Lena (Wisconsin) water plant recently drove himself to the hospital after accidentally shooting a nail into...
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News Briefs: Dog Rescued From Plant's Clean Water Basin
City officials in Stillwater, Oklahoma, got a surprise recently when they discovered a dog trapped in a clean water basin at the...
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News Briefs: Vandals at Bismarck Plant Damage Vehicles, Equipment
Vandals in Bismarck, North Dakota, recently did more than $30,000 in damage to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, according to local police.Vehicles...
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News Briefs: Human Error Causes Black Discharge in Niagara River
Some photos and videos recently surfaced online showing a large pool of dark black water in the Niagara River near Niagara Falls,...
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News Briefs: FBI Investigating Indiana Treatment Plant
The wastewater treatment division of Terre Haute, Indiana, got a recent visit from FBI agents, who displayed a search warrant and took...
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News Briefs: Two Louisiana Systems Test Positive for 'Brain-Eating Amoeba'
Two of Louisiana’s water systems have tested positive for Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba known colloquially as the brain-eating amoeba, according to the...
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News Briefs: North Toledo Plant Evacuated After Chlorine Leak
A water treatment plant in North Toledo, Ohio, recently was evacuated and one employee hospitalized due to a chlorine leak.
A hazmat team...
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News Briefs: Portable Wastewater Treatment System Tours Arizona
A wastewater treatment system housed in a semi truck is making its way around Arizona, and it recently made a stop in...
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News Briefs: Public Gets Access to Potable Recycled Wastewater
Direct potable reuse of wastewater will be getting more attention soon in California, as a team of water districts is embarking on...
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News Briefs: Two Workers Killed in Lift Station in Mississippi
Two workers were killed after being overcome by methane gas in a wastewater lift station in Petal, Mississippi.The city had contracted with...


















