In Philadelphia, a new app is helping commercial property owners reduce stormwater runoff — and save money.Last summer, the city launched the Credits Explorer...
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American Water Receives 22 National Awards for Excellence in Water Quality
American Water Works Company Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has received 22 Partnership for Safe Water awards....
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When it Comes to Pump Problems, Treat the Causes, Not Symptoms
A woman’s foot was killing her. She was an avid runner, but a sharp pain in her arch was keeping her away...
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Norristown Operations Team Key to Award-Winning Plant
The operations staff members at the Norristown Water Treatment Plant have faced many challenges, from hurricanes and floods to a five-year, $50...
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News Briefs: Sebring, Ohio, Operator Denies Falsifying Reports
A small-system water operator in Sebring, Ohio, has denied misleading the public about unsafe lead levels in the town’s drinking water. According...
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News Briefs: Ohio EPA Orders Miami River Plants to Reduce Phosphorus
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has set new phosphorus limits for two plants that discharge into the Great Miami River. The new...
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Green Thumb Operator Adds Gardens to Treatment Plant
Jim Lehman has been in the wastewater field for more than a decade. But each day the operator at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania)...
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Pennsylvania Utilities Launch Imposter Awareness Campaign
The Keystone Alliance to Stop Utility Imposters, a coalition of local water, gas and electric utilities, has joined forces with the Pennsylvania...
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Pennsylvania Water Awards Grants for Local Watershed Projects
Pennsylvania American Water has awarded financial support to seven watershed initiatives across the state through the company’s 2015 Environmental Grant Program. The...
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How A Pennsylvania Plant Met Turbidity Goals
When the Philipsburg Water Treatment Plant received its first Partnership for Safe Water Directors Award in 1999, it already met combined filter...
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News Briefs: Mothballed Plant Could Become Wastewater University
A mothballed water treatment plant, once operated by Maine’s Greater Augusta Utility District, could become the site of a unique hands-on water...
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2015 Pennsylvania Water and Wastewater Scholarship Program Announced
Applications are being accepted for Pennsylvania American Water's 2015 Stream of Learning Scholarship Program, which provides financial assistance to high school seniors...
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Biosolids Challenge: What's In a Name?
Ron Adams, the Mechanicsburg (Pa.) Wastewater Treatment Plant supervisor, wants his customers involved in what he does. He wants them to understand...
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News Briefs: Study Finds Wastewater Contains Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
According to a new French study, cities and hospitals are releasing wastewater into the environment that contains antibiotic-resistant bacteria.The study suggests that...















