Washington Articles

The Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant has taken big steps toward sustainability. Those steps were outlined several years ago in a document called the...

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission’s comprehensive youth outreach program started out with career-day visits. That led to a water festival. Now multiple...

Entry 243124Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, along with his health director and other officials, will be charged with crimes related to the...

People/Awards The Maine City of Rockland has renamed its wastewater treatment plant the Terrance G. Pinto Wastewater Treatment Facility and Campus in honor of its...

Entry 243308Providing clean water to soldiers in the field and citizens around the world is essential, and yet remains one of the...

A simple description for Jeremy Carnahan is that he’s a natural. His exposure to wastewater and sanitation began during Army tours of duty in...

Entry 243404Wastewater treatment plant operators at the Liberty Lake (Washington) Sewer and Water District are speculating that all the hand-washing and sanitizing...

Entry 243435The Pierce County (Washington) Sheriff’s Department is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who...

Entry 243463Researchers at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, England, are working on a new test to detect COVID-19 in the wastewater of communities...

A new wet-weather treatment station in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood won’t be completed until late 2022, but it has already won a Platinum...

Thanks to a new 300-foot security fence at the Bellingham (Washington) Water Treatment Plant, walking-trail users at a popular community park no...

A kinetic sculpture entitled Water Plant functions in a landscaped reflection pool in front of the administration building at the King County’s...

Entry 244599Michigan State University scientists are working to develop remediation techniques for wastewater contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and are...

Entry 244905A methane gas buildup and improper use of a torch is the likely cause of an explosion at a water treatment...