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News Briefs: City Shuts Off Water Service to Mayor's House for Nonpayment
The Santa Fe Water Division recently shut off service to the home of its own mayor, Javier Gonzales, for failing to pay...
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Filtration Plant Staff Pushes Performance Past Permit Requirements
The Pennsylvania Amish Country celebrates old ways, but the Ephrata Area Joint Authority’s Church Avenue Filter Plant isn’t tied to the past....
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News Briefs: Top EPA Official Resigns Over Agency's Course Under Trump
A 30-year U.S. EPA senior official left federal service Aug. 1 convinced that her agency is being steered in a disastrously wrong...
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News Briefs: Human Error Causes Black Discharge in Niagara River
Some photos and videos recently surfaced online showing a large pool of dark black water in the Niagara River near Niagara Falls,...
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Making Excellence Your Plant's Standard Mode of Operation
Achieving Phase IV in the AWWA’s Partnership for Safe Water is a big deal. But at Carlisle Borough, operating the water treatment...
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News Briefs: Public Gets Access to Potable Recycled Wastewater
Direct potable reuse of wastewater will be getting more attention soon in California, as a team of water districts is embarking on...
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News Briefs: Operator's Accidental Keystroke Leaves 80,000 Without Water
An accidental keystroke from a plant operator left around 80,000 Orange County residents without water for more than 24 hours.According to a...
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News Briefs: School Accused of Lead Contamination Cover-Up
Parents of students at Summit (Pennsylvania) Township Elementary School weren’t told about high levels of lead in the school’s drinking water until...
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Stepping Up in Class: Finding a Way to Make Class A Biosolids
Landfill space was at a premium. Land application of Class B biosolids faced public skepticism and rising costs. So the Mechanicsburg (Pennsylvania)...
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News Briefs: Workers Resign from Florida Plant, Citing Health Concerns
Four workers resigned from a wastewater treatment plant in Apopka, Florida, saying they had concerns about their health and safety.Chief operator Glen...
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How One Treatment Team Tackled Irregular Turbidity
Team members at the G.C. Smith Treatment Facility and Operations Center have faced wildly fluctuating turbidity from farm runoff into the source...
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News Briefs: Pennsylvania Operator to Spend Six Months in Prison for Falsifying Reports
A wastewater treatment plant operator in Lake City, Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by submitting false reports...
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November 2016 Project Roundup: Groundbreaking Ceremonies, Construction and More
Editor’s Note: Each month, we’ll bring you a roundup of new water and wastewater projects from across the country. If you would like...


















