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News Briefs: 'Thousand-Year Storm' Triggers Boil Advisory
Water customers in Columbia, South Carolina, were placed under a boil advisory this weekend after historic flooding damaged waterlines throughout the city’s...
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News Briefs: Man Arrested in Wastewater Plant Theft
Police in Clarksville, Indiana, have arrested a man suspected of stealing $3,000 worth of computers and tools from the Clarksville Wastewater Treatment...
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News Briefs: Algae Blooms Cause Trouble in West Virginia
West Virginia American Water announced a contingency plan for its Huntington water treatment plant this week in response to an algae bloom...
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News Brief: Will Biodegradable Drugs Save Our Water?
A team of researchers from Leuphana University in Germany is tackling the problem of pharmaceutical pollution in water resources. Because recent research...
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News Briefs: City Operators Manipulated Chlorine Levels, Says DNR
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says it plans to permanently revoke the state wastewater treatment certification of two former Sioux City...
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News Briefs: President Obama Signs Drinking Water Protection Act
On Aug. 7, President Barack Obama signed the Drinking Water Protection Act, which directs the EPA to develop a risk management plan...
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News Briefs: Wastewater Operator Dies in Oxidation Ditch
Operator Jerry Connolly, 56, died at the Belle Plaine (Minnesota) Wastewater Treatment Plant on Aug. 5. Investigators believe Connolly drowned in an...
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Mining Wastewater Plume Spreads to New Mexico Waters
A plume of contaminated mining wastewater has reached northern New Mexico waters, causing utilities in Aztec and Farmington to shut down river...
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News Briefs: Worms Invade Neighborhood Drinking Water
Residents from the Woodland Acres Subdivision near Houston, Texas, are dealing with wormy tap water after a power outage disrupted services at...
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News Briefs: Mystery Flusher Forces City to Replace Lift Station
The City of Shawano, Wisconsin, has decided to spend $11,000 on a new lift station, thanks to a mystery flusher who has...
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News Briefs: AWWA Seeks EPA Action on Cyanotoxin Guidance
The American Water Works Association has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate its Recommendations for Public Water Systems to Manage...
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News Briefs: How Much Marijuana is in Wastewater?
In Washington state, researchers hope to glean a little information about pot use by studying wastewater in two separate cities. The pilot...
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News Briefs: Vinyl Chloride Pollution Plagues City Groundwater
The EPA is investigating a well-known vinyl chloride contamination problem in Kokomo, Indiana. For more than two decades, officials have been aware...



















