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We Can't Let Flint Contaminate Tap Water's Reputation
My older brother brings an insulated jug of water along when we go fishing. On it he has written “BWIFI” in bold...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan...
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SFPUC Completes Last Two Critical Water Pipeline Projects
Construction has been completed on the last two major regional water pipeline projects that are part of the $4.8 billion Hetch Hetchy Water...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 1
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan...
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Toilets Are Not Trashcans, Says NACWA
Cynthia Finley grew up with a septic system, so she learned as a child what not to put down a toilet. However, she...
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EPA: $271 Billion Needed for Nation's Wastewater Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a survey last week that reveals $271 billion is needed to maintain and improve the nation’s wastewater...
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Old Swimming Pool Water Finds New Life
As the cannonballs wind down and the new year revs up, the City of Burbank, California, now gets creative with the leftover water that...
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Nation's Largest Desalination Plant Now Online
Operations are underway at the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant, which has already produced more than 1.5 billion gallons...
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What Water Utilities Can Learn From the Donald Trump Phenomenon
No one can really say how long the Donald Trump presidential campaign will last. If you told most veteran journalists or political...
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Students Create Green Storm Drain Filter With 3-D Printing
A team of students from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering received a $15,000 grant from the Environmental Protection...
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Understanding Nozzles and How They Work
Understanding nozzles and how they work is a key step to cleaning a line successfully and efficiently. Knowing the proper use of...
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Class Ring, Found in Sewer, Returned After 54 Years
Wade Stoner, Bobby Rice, Marlin Barker, Steve WhitworthIt had been over a half century since a Missouri man last saw his 1961...
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Storm-Ravaged Columbia Continues Recovery Efforts
The historic rain event that hit the East Coast in early October has left some areas continuing to deal with immediate recovery...
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Get the Most Out of Your Locating Equipment
With some machines, a consistent regimen of preventive maintenance is critical. Oil needs to be changed out and components need to be...
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Wastewater Utility Employs Sliplining to Fix Corroding Pipe
The sole pipe delivering wastewater to the headworks of the Warwick Sewer Authority’s (Rhode Island) treatment plant lies beneath Interstate 95. So...
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New Sewer Pipe Gets Artistic Overhaul
A local artist helped beautify a new sewer pipe that was installed in Tahoe City, California, in October. The artist, Stephane Cellier,...
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Wastewater Facility Dedicated to Longtime Employee
City officials, employees of Benton (Arkansas) Utilities and a number of community residents were present when the city’s new wastewater collections building...
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Puppy Rescued From Drainage Pipe
Distribution system crewmen with Springdale (Arkansas) Water Utilities came to the rescue of a puppy that fell into a sewer drainage pipe...

























