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A work crew in Bangor, Maine, recently excavated two pieces of an old water pipeline made out of red pine and believed...

I live in one of the nearly 15 million U.S. households that depend on well water. Most days, I don’t give it a...

This past week, Pope Francis released the Laudato Si, an encyclical addressing climate change and its effects on the world’s most vulnerable populations....

Since I became editor of Treatment Plant Operator in 2009, I’ve been wishing for a resource to explain wastewater treatment in simple...

We’re counting down the final hours of the American Water Works Association’s ACE15 conference in Anaheim, California. Thousands of attendees have made...

What do you get when you mix climate change, burgeoning populations and growing economies? According to a new study by the International...

Not a month goes by that we don’t read about scams targeting utility customers. Unfortunately, it’s a pretty common occurrence.Here’s just a...

Water runnin’ a flow Where does that water go? SF sewers, you know Treats the water that flowsThat’s the message the San Francisco Public Utilities...

After a long and snowy winter, we’ve reached spring! Just as winter has its annual issues, so does spring. The most common...

Nearly a half million people descended on downtown Chicago last Saturday for its annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Dying the Chicago River...

Workers are widely considered an organization's most valuable asset, and in the private sector, federal OSHA programs typically dictate safe working conditions....

Everyone knows that dogs are a man’s best friend. That’s why it was so heartwarming to see animal rescue workers return the...

Greetings, and welcome to Indianapolis!As we embark on the greatest and largest Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport Show on record,...

“Come to work wearing your big boy pants or diapers. If not, you’ll need to find another place to work.”That was the...

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is celebrating this upcoming Valentine's Day with these witty digital valentine cards, which the utility shared...

1974.Nixon was impeached. The Watergate trial began. The first extraterrestrial message was sent from Earth into space. John Lennon’s solo “Whatever Gets...

A former police dog in the United Kingdom named Hector has started “fighting grime instead of crime,” quips the bloodhound’s owner, Steve...

It’s winter here in the Midwest, and we’ve been trapped in a pocket of January-like weather for the past couple of weeks....

Toilet and bathroom habits are typically a taboo topic in the U.S. We blush when we excuse ourselves from a crowded room...