Entries Tagged Wisconsin

Craig Lawniczak graduated from high school in 1975 and wasn’t sure what to do next. He spent the summer “sitting around” until September,...

Heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt throughout the Midwest has triggered widespread catastrophic flooding, which is causing major problems for water and wastewater...

Entry 244424Madison (Wisconsin) Water Utility has announced it is shutting down a drinking water well in an effort to protect customers from...

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has authorized the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to establish the UW System’s first Bachelor of...

Entry 244454 The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will hear a case about the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the highest court in the...

No matter what you do as an operator, mother nature has a way of disregarding best-laid plans. In the closing days of January,...

Entry 244468Two workers remain hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries sustained during an accident at the Southwest Water Treatment Plant in Springfield, Missouri. They had...

After hitting a 50-year low in 2017, water use in Madison, Wisconsin, was down once again in 2018. Madison Water Utility pumped...

Entry 244514A joint report by the The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer and The Herald Sun recently sought to answer a...

Operators at the Two Rivers (Wisconsin) Waterworks noticed flow restrictions in the 24-inch raw water intake pipe in Lake Michigan that limited...

On clean-water plant projects, from new construction to upgrades, there can be tension between the design engineers and plant operations teams. The...

Entry 244697Numerous sewer systems and treatment plants have been overwhelmed in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, as the storm tested the infrastructure...

Entry 244703To avoid making the same mistakes as Flint, Michigan, the city of Waukesha, Wisconsin, is taking precautions almost five years in...

Entry 245048Around a dozen wastewater treatment facilities in Wisconsin could be compelled to spend more than $16 million to comply with new...