Safe, clean and affordable drinking water is a human right. But making that legal requirement a reality is a difficult challenge exacerbated...
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AI Chatbot Can Help Parse Complex Water Regulations, Say Researchers
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Blazing a Trail: KC Area Government Embraces a Treatment Process New to the U.S.
The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City needed a cost-effective and compact wastewater treatment process to replace an aging package...
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Here's Some Advice on Navigating the Murky Waters of PFAS Measurement
Drinking water professionals are familiar with PFAS, but in many cases these synthetic chemicals have not been on wastewater treatment operators’ radar.
That...
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Three States Challenge EPA's Cybersecurity Mandates on Critical Infrastructure
The states of Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa have filed a legal petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit...
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FLOW Act Aims to Expedite Financing for Lead Pipe Replacement Projects
The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies recently applauded new bipartisan legislation that will help drinking water systems nationwide more efficiently finance the...
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A California Project Proves It: Big Plant Improvement Projects Are All About People, Notably Operators
The EchoWater Project in Sacramento took seven years to construct, costing nearly $1.8 billion. It is touted as the biggest public works...
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EPA Proposes Strict National Limits for PFAS
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new plan to limit the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water...
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A Newly Upgraded MBR Technology Packs More Treatment Power Into the Same Compact Package
Membrane bioreactors can be an attractive wastewater treatment option, delivering high-quality effluent in a relatively compact footprint.MBRs combine conventional activated sludge treatment...
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At Home He Makes a Mean Clam Chowder. At Work He and His Team Take Pride in Quality Effluent.
After leaving active submarine duty in the U.S, Navy, Scott Goodinson worked on various jobs that included a couple of years pumping...
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Making Rules: Clean-Water Utilities Have Earned the Right to More Trust From Regulators
It’s hard to name a federal law or regulation that has done more good than the Clean Water Act.Passed in 1972 with...
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EPA Issues List of Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration in Drinking Water, Increasing PFAS for Review
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published its Final Fifth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5), which will serve as the...
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Solar Panels, Cogeneration, Hydroturbines, and Wind Generators Are All on the Net Zero Agenda in Santa Cruz
Amanda Bird is on a mission to achieve net zero energy at the Santa Cruz (California) Wastewater Treatment Facility.
To Bird, senior wastewater treatment operator and...
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Low-DO BNR: A Research Program Looks at How to Do It Cost-Effectively and at Full Scale
Removal of nutrients is a growing challenge for clean-water plants, especially where effluent phosphorus limits are strict.
Plants today are looking toward biological...
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A Collaborative Long-Term Project Helps a Northeast Wisconsin Clean-Water Agency Control Phosphorus
Farmers, the Oneida Nation and many other partners have joined NEW Water in a project to help NEW Water in Green Bay meet...
