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In 2013, Thames Water in England found a bus-sized lump of fat in a sewer. The 15-ton obstruction of food fat and wet...

As Hurricane Irma made its way through the Caribbean last week, setting storm records on its way to the United States, water...

When Hurricane Harvey hit South Texas Aug. 25, the city of Pearland’s Department of Public Works was put to the test. It...

Maintaining a municipal sewer system is no easy task. The complexities of today’s wastewater flows and components coupled with shrinking budgets make...

Officials in Lawrence, Kansas, discovered that 13 miles of pipeline had been improperly installed after being inundated with 22 water main breaks...

The city of Minneapolis is experimenting with a unique method for detecting problem areas in its collections system — drones.This fall, when...

Accuracy is the end game when it comes to surveying a job site. If that information isn’t spot on, you’re bound to...

Two Stanford University engineers looked at stormwater runoff capture and wastewater recycling in the development of AquaCharge, a new software tool aimed...

Who needs high-tech equipment to detect water leaks when you can enlist the services of a dog and its highly sensitive nose?A...

Better coordination between transportation planners and utilities’ stormwater management is the aim of a new guide produced by the National Association of...

D.C. Water recently awarded its largest contract ever — a 5-mile tunnel costing $580 million that will help avoid CSOs into the...

When Jason Arnold confronted his utility’s soaring frequency of lift station repairs, he didn’t just want to head off problems. It was...

The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department always has its eyes on the future and what it has to do in the present...

Enforcing lawn-watering restrictions is a common conservation practice in many parts of the country. But how effective is it in truly producing...

Water infrastructure needs to be maintained. That costs money. And most of that money comes in via utility ratepayers — some of...

Dealing with the financial side of upgrading infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges that utilities face. Recently, the American Water Works...

Natalie Nienhuis no longer has to worry about lead pipe issues in her 1920s bungalow in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Even better, she...

While a Canadian utility continues to work to reduce its overflows, it’s at least taking a proactive approach in notifying the public...

Last week was Drinking Water Week, a time when many utilities do some public outreach and educate their customers on what it takes...