U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan recently announced the agency’s comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination...
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Editorial
Data From Multiple Sensors Helps South Bend Set Sewer Maintenance Priorities and Minimize CSOs
Richard Radcliff loves his numbers.
“As a civil engineer, I’m all about measurement,” says Radcliff, combined sewer overflow operations manager for the South...
Editorial
This New Hampshire Operator Took a Challenging New Job Eyes Wide Open and Made it a Success
Jim Pouliot always liked a challenge. That’s a big reason he signed on four years ago as water and sewer superintendent in the...
Editorial
Product News - September 2021
Flomatic AIS-compliant valves
With an extensive offering of American Iron and Steel requirement-compliant valve products, Flomatic is dedicated to engineering and manufacturing lasting...
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Product News: July 2021
DeZURIK APCO ASU Combination Air ValvesAPCO Single Body Combination Air Valves from DeZURIK can be used for clean or dirty fluids. The...
Editorial
Letter - July 2021
In reference to Ted Rulseh’s April column, “When Rationality Is Cast Aside,” two phrases I learned many years ago stick with me:...
Editorial
Administrative, Testing, Landfilling Costs are Among the Results of Crackdowns on PFAS
PFAS is topic of significant public concern and a challenge for municipal water and wastewater utilities charged with protecting public health and...
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News Briefs: California Wineries Now Under Statewide Wastewater Regulations
Entry 243109Wineries in California will now be under statewide wastewater regulations in an effort to protect waterways. It marks a change from...
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This Technology Can Help Operators Stay on the Right Side of the Compliance Line
Keeping a clean-water or drinking water plant in compliance is a daily operating challenge — and also a matter of logistics.A sound...
Editorial
For Ted Meckes, the Career Was Not About Larger Communities, Bigger Plants or Higher-Powered Jobs
When Ted Meckes graduated from college, he found a job with the water utility in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois.
He never left...
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Collections System Operations in the New Normal
We are sailing in uncharted waters. But we also have to continue the job we've been doing well for decades. Resilience is...
Editorial
Facing a Touchy Discussion About a Risky Subject? Here Are Some Guidelines to Follow.
I had waited months for a March trip to Florida to meet my brother for some fishing on the Gulf of Mexico....
Editorial
PFAS: What Are the Risks? What Are the Remedies?
Few acronyms raise as much consternation these days as PFAS. The acronym stands for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, and they’ve become a...
Editorial
Looking to Influence Your Legislators? Here's How It's Done in Today's Environment.
In a college dorm conversation, I once lamented to my friend Dave that one person couldn’t possibly make a difference in government.
Dave,...














