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Every five years, the U.S. Geological Survey summarizes national water use. If you love statistics, here are a few numbers to consider....

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....

One of the costliest aspects of relining potable water pipes is the provision of pipeline by-pass systems to provide temporary water to...

In the book All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper, James tosses a candy wrapper to the curb.“Hey, what are...

Ever since there have been sewers, there have been sewer rats. Fortunately, those little beady-eyed bandits stay subterranean most of the time....

Editor's note: Here, we highlight just a portion of the Evanston, Ill., collections system. For more information, check out the December cover story,...

While thousands of new and innovative products aimed at improving water and wastewater infrastructure hit the market every year, it’s also important...

My team is great. We haven’t had a safety incident in years, we haven’t had a safety violation in months, and our...

Listen to it once, and you’ll be humming the wastewater-themed Macklemore parody often. It’s an earworm, all right — a catchy little...

Despite increased attention to rollover prevention in recent years, these deadly accidents remain a major safety challenge for truck drivers. If you...

Some people celebrate anniversaries with cake, but here at COLE, we’re celebrating the 35th anniversary of the largest water and wastewater trade...

It’s safe to say our municipal pipes and plants are aging. According to an EPA survey, about 30 percent of pipes are...

Just 25 years ago, the freeway-flattening 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hit northern California, collapsing structures and calling attention to Bay Area...

Long before the apple first fell on Sir Isaac Newton’s head, waste has been flowing downhill. In many cases it still does....

DuPage County, Ill., officials recently announced the opening of a new waste receiving station at the Woodridge-Green Valley Wastewater Treatment Facility in...

On Sept. 9, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments in a four-year battle over stormwater fees and the management of a...

Wisconsin has requested a federal disaster declaration to help local governments cover the cost of repairing broken water mains, frozen water towers...

Anyone working in treatment, collection systems or industrial manufacturing has heard catchphrases such as: “Safety starts with me!” or “Everyone is a...

How do you budget for infiltration and inflow? Not an easy question to answer because I&I is linked to so many other...