Entries Tagged Washington

Entry 244952The state of Washington levied $118,500 in fines on King County for 27 instances of wastewater discharge exceedances, five instances of...

To Matt Jenkins, optimizing a wastewater treatment plant is a lot like tuning a guitar. “You can never just tune one or two...

It isn’t every day a major utility spins off a small, agile startup entity. But that’s what DC Water did about two...

Entry 245091A former laboratory technician at the Billings (Montana) Water Treatment Plant is accused of contaminating her coworker's water test samples and...

So-called flushable wipes are causing serious issues for a wastewater treatment plant out of Muskegon County, Michigan, and residents are complaining about...

The Lakehaven Water and Sewer District in Washington is collaborating with Federal Way Public Schools to introduce the wastewater industry to middle...

Entry 245139A wastewater treatment plant in Clarkston, Washington, is putting bluegill to work eating water fleas that took up residence in the...

After several hours of searching, the body of a man who fell into a water conduit in El Dorado County, California, was...

Studying to be a dentist didn’t light a fire of enthusiasm for Suzanne Potts, but it did ignite her love of chemistry...

Forming the four-member Poofighters Operations Challenge team was one way the King County Wastewater Treatment Division sought to attract recruits to the...

After being exposed for seven years to toxins at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s wastewater treatment plant, Tim Combs of Bremerton, Washington,...

Three teenagers in Troy, Indiana, were arrested after being accused of breaking into the town’s water storage tank.Utility employees found the doors...

A report from The Detroit Journalism Cooperative has indicated that more than 27,000 homes in the city had water turned off due...

A lengthy investigative report by The Seattle Times disclosed that human error was partly to blame for the devastating flood at West...