Entries Tagged Regulations

When Ted Meckes graduated from college, he found a job with the water utility in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. He never left...

We are sailing in uncharted waters. But we also have to continue the job we've been doing well for decades. Resilience is...

I had waited months for a March trip to Florida to meet my brother for some fishing on the Gulf of Mexico....

Few acronyms raise as much consternation these days as PFAS. The acronym stands for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, and they’ve become a...

In a college dorm conversation, I once lamented to my friend Dave that one person couldn’t possibly make a difference in government. Dave,...

As the conversation around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and biosolids fertilizer grows increasingly louder in the public sphere, many...

Entry 225943No one questions the importance and success of the Clean Water Act. It has without a doubt led to better technology,...

As if the wastewater industry didn’t have enough public perception issues, the conversation around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has reached a...

When new pollutants start showing up in our waterways, clean-water plants often find themselves in the spotlight. A new or emerging pollutant is...

After passage of the original Clean Water Act in 1972, federal dollars flowed into the wastewater treatment sector. With the goal of ensuring...

In the 1970s, a research project analyzed the effects of biosolids land application on an area devastated by coal mining — the...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s online Enforcement and Compliance History database, civil penalties for pollution violations have fallen to their...

Jeanne Sabin always liked the idea of going to Mars. When an opportunity arose to operate a wastewater treatment facility at the...

The Central City (Kentucky) Water Treatment Plant was on the point of filling a major new demand when a change in federal...