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A mothballed water treatment plant, once operated by Maine’s Greater Augusta Utility District, could become the site of a unique hands-on water...

A city-wide boil alert was on Tuesday, Jan. 27, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, after tests confirmed the presence of E. coli in the...

An oil spill in the Yellowstone River has created problems for the residents of Glendive, Mont. Elevated levels of benzene were found...

Plant operator Herminio Padilla Jr., 48, died Saturday at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility in West Palm Beach, Fla., after...

Researchers with the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have found elevated levels of metformin, a diabetes treatment drug,...

In a new video posted to his blog, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates brings awareness to water reuse, clean drinking water...

The City of Gatlinburg, Tenn., and its wastewater operator, Veolia Water North America, have been dropped from a wrongful death lawsuit filed...

When Perham, Minn., residents complained they couldn’t open their windows because of odor problems, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigated and issued...

A vacuum truck exploded at the Santa Clara Water Waste Co. near Santa Paula, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 18, spreading 1,200 gallons...

On Nov. 4, California voters approved Proposition 1, a $7.5 billion water bond that Gov. Jerry Brown had promoted as a way...

Two contractors died on Oct. 23 at the Roberto R. Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant in El Paso, Texas, while performing repair work...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a preliminary decision to regulate strontium — a naturally occurring element — in the nation’s...

Workers at New Jersey’s Secaucus Municipal Utilities Authority were surprised to see a piece of debris tumbling from the sky toward the...

A lead operator at the Fox River Water Reclamation District in Elgin, Ill., was taken into custody Oct. 1 after police received...