The city of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, was faced with one of the state’s most stringent nutrient limits for its planned new wastewater...
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EPA Decides Against Regulating Perchlorate in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently published its plan to address perchlorate contamination in the nation's waters. The agency completed its review of...
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Revenue from Septage Keeps a Clean-Water Plant Financially Sound After a Major Discharger's Departure
The Richmond clean-water plant was humming along just fine until the Vermont town’s creamery shut down in 1999.
“With the creamery, our flows...
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Product Spotlight - Wastewater: March 2022
The pump discharge check valve is an essential element in the design of water and wastewater pumping systems. The valves work to...
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EPA Advances Science to Protect Public from PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking the agency’s Science Advisory Board to review draft scientific documents regarding the health effects of...
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EPA Unveils National Strategy to Confront PFAS Contamination
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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:...
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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...














