The ongoing California drought has led to an apparent paradox for water utilities and agencies throughout the state: Water conservation reduces revenue.Based...
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Planning, Partnerships Make 50-mile Water Pipeline Successful
In a day when many municipalities are squabbling over water resources, the Colorado Southern Delivery System is one example of communities working...
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News Briefs: China Experiments With GPS to Curb Manhole Cover Thefts
A new manhole cover design, complete with GPS tracking, has been created in response to an estimated 240,000 stolen manhole covers in...
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News Briefs: Jay Z Rebuked by Denver Water in Open Letter
As the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” — and that includes the accompanying beverages.Denver Water publicly called...
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A Small Victory in the Battle Against 'Flushable' Wipes
Under an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, wipes manufacturer Nice-Pak Products, which produces wipes under Costco, CVS and Target private labels,...
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Sinkhole Severs Sewers, Wipes Out Lift Station
Public Works officials at the City of Granbury (Texas) are surveying the damage left behind by a 45-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep sinkhole in the parking lot...
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Ice, Ice ... Infrastructure Revenue?
Spartanburg, South Carolina, residents love frozen. No, not the Disney movie. They’re big fans of Spartanburg Water’s ice houses — the automated...
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Can Pink Manhole Covers Deter Theft?
The theft of manhole covers seems to occur in waves. Rising steel prices tend to encourage the theft of manhole covers and...
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Wildfires Could Put More Strain on Drought-Stricken California
The number of wildfires in the state of California has increased over the past several years due at least in part to...
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Fort Worth Flooding Reveals Needs, and Results
In most parts of the country, flood forecasts are made days and even weeks in advance. Not so in central Texas. Known...
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Stormwater Solutions Help Close Funding Gap
In the battle for tax dollars, aging infrastructure might have an unlikely ally in potholes and traffic congestion.Carl Weber, retired public works...
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Utility Reflects on 7 Million Hours of Safety
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is in the midst of a huge 15-year program to repair, replace and upgrade critical water...
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Divers Repair 30-Inch Water Main Under River
A story from KGW.com this week features the Portland Water Bureau, which hired divers to go inside a 30-inch pipe underneath the...
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New 'Flushability' Guidelines In the Works
A group of five associations representing the water sector and the nonwoven fabrics industry announced they are working collaboratively on the joint development of...
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East Coast Sewers Endure Spring Snowmelt
As the East Coast recovers from an unusually harsh winter season, the jaw-dropping impact has been revealed along the way, and Boston’s...
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Wait! Did You Check Your Gas Detector?
Just a few months ago, two men were killed and one man was hospitalized when they were overcome by toxic fumes while...
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Water Works To Sue Neighboring Counties
Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa — alarmed by rising nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers —...
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Early Detection the Key to Preventing 'Flooded Houses' for One Wisconsin Utility
They are known among Madison Water Utility inspectors simply as "flooded houses" — homes with collapsed ceilings and peeling drywall, water pouring...
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Are Mobile Sewage Pumping Stations the Future in Flood-Prone Areas?
Faced with a series of storms that continued to wipe out its sewer pumping stations, New Jersey’s South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority...
























