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Post-storm flooding and damage at the West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle has caused the plant to operate at half capacity, and...

An accidental keystroke from a plant operator left around 80,000 Orange County residents without water for more than 24 hours.According to a...

A fire at Warren, Michigan’s WWTP resulted in damage to a conveyor belt and electronic controls.A power failure and subsequent switch to...

Parents of students at Summit (Pennsylvania) Township Elementary School weren’t told about high levels of lead in the school’s drinking water until...

A new study from Michigan State University has concluded that more than 35 percent of the nation’s households may be unable to afford...

A new study from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) shows that human consumption could deplete groundwater aquifers in California’s Central Valley, Tulare...

Four workers resigned from a wastewater treatment plant in Apopka, Florida, saying they had concerns about their health and safety.Chief operator Glen...

A 52-year-old city worker from Tampa, Florida, was killed at a wastewater facility last week after getting pinned between a dump truck...

An orphaned water system in the Appalachian region of Kentucky hasn’t tested for contaminants for decades, although it collected numerous violation notices...

A 33-year-old woman from Panama City, Florida, was caught on video and later arrested for allegedly tampering with a number of municipal...

People/AwardsFulton County (Georgia) renamed its treatment plant in Johns Creek the Tom Lowe Atlanta-Fulton County Treatment Plant. The late Tom Lowe served...

A 31-year-old man died Oct. 26 after becoming trapped in a tank at the Coney Island Wastewater Treatment plant in Sheepshead Bay,...

People/AwardsThe sanitation districts of Los Angeles County received Peak Performance Awards from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. Platinum Awards went...

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule in the debate on antibacterial consumer products, which include household hand soaps...