In this week's water and wastewater news, a treatment plant employee is hospitalized in North Toledo following a chlorine leak incident; and a debate picks up steam in Portland, Oregon, over an expensive treatment solution to a parasite problem

In this week's water and wastewater news, breweries in Arizona are partnering with a touring wastewater treatment system in a semi truck to make beer; and a Montana company lands a contract to install a process using algae to remove nutrients

Confluence contest seeks to identify the emerging technologies that will define water utility systems going into the future.

In this week's water and wastewater news, 25 water employees were found guilty of lying about their Class 2 coursework; and residents in Onoway, Alberta, were frightened when they saw bright pink water coming out of their taps.

In this week's water and wastewater news, a group of 500 citizens in New Mexico is looking at starting its own utility to solve water problems; and water testing near Atlanta uncovers nearly 50 schools with lead contamination.

In this week's water and wastewater news, flooding has caused damage at a Seattle WWTP and effluent will likely violate clean water standards for months; and a $722 million lawsuit was filed against the U.S. EPA over the Flint water crisis.

Eight startup companies have been selected for the first-ever Pipeline H2O program aimed at addressing the world's water challenges.

Water groups throughout the nation are aiming to provide networking and innovation as they blaze a trail for the future of the world's most important natural resource.