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A former Dolton, Illinois, water operator has been charged with falsifying drinking water sample paperwork. According to a report in the Chicago...

Heavy spring rains in Texas have caused a number of wastewater overflows across the state. The City of Austin reported 10 overflows,...

Sixteen former employees of the Las Vegas Valley Water District have filed a civil lawsuit against the utility, claiming they were forced...

A drought that began in 2010 is officially over, according to the Texas Water Development Board and the State Climatologist. The four-and-a-half-year...

An employee at an FCA US plant in Detroit died this week while preforming maintenance operations at the facility’s onsite wastewater treatment plant....

The Department of Health and Human Services has lowered its fluoride suggestions, recommending that public tap water not exceed .7 ppm. Previous...

The City of Wyoming, Minnesota, filed a class-action lawsuit on April 23 against six makers of wet wipes, claiming the flushable wipes...

The Reeds Spring (Missouri) Wastewater Treatment Plant was forced to shut down for several hours when operators noticed discolored foam in the...

It might sound like a joke waiting for a punch line, but the question of, “how do you turn wastewater into candy...

A grand jury in Hughes County, South Dakota, has indicted Greg Mohr, a former sewer works superintendent in Pierre, on 10 misdemeanor...

Virginia American Water shut down its Hopewell plant this week after 600 to 800 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Appomattox...

Cleanup is underway at the West Jefferson Treatment Plant in Detroit, where a 16-inch water main break caused flooding inside the facility....

The City of East Lansing, Michigan, is facing a lawsuit filed by employees of its wastewater treatment plant. The employees — eight...

A brewing company in Boulder, Colo., could partner with the local wastewater treatment plant as part of the city’s Nitrogen Upgrades Project....