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As we recognized the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last month, I was reminded of the harrowing stories of survival that emerged...

The cities of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, have completed their combined sewer overflow (CSO) projects well ahead of schedule.Grand...

Two Dallas Water Utilities employees went above and beyond their call of duty when they stopped a robbery and subdued the suspect...

Vishal Trivedi has joined StoneAge as an independent sales manager — India to develop the industrial waterblasting market.Vishal began his career as a...

Editor's note: This article is part of a profile on the Mishawaka, Indiana, Department of Sewer Maintenance, which was published in the...

Instead of finding “gold, jewelry and guns,” three New York men have found themselves hit with criminal trespassing charges.Part-time employee for the city...

The American Public Works Association (APWA) announced Sept. 2 that major changes are in store for the annual conference and equipment show, which will be known as PWX beginning...

A three-judge panel in Pennsylvania has ruled the 48-year-old man who died of a heart attack during a 14-hour work shift was...

Metal spikes found protruding from manhole covers have become a safety issue for Tucson, Arizona, motorists. Now, a reward has been offered...

At most utilities, the leadership hierarchy looks like this:Shift supervisor/lead operator Assistant chief operator Chief operator Plant manager/plant superintendent Director of operations Assistant utility director Utility directorAlthough each...

Heavy rains caused several wastewater discharges across Oahu, Hawaii, early this week, including a 500,000-gallon spill that resulted in the closure of...

“When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade … Well, when life gave some Detroiters a sinkhole, they made a fishing hole.”That’s...

Water conservation is a team effort in drought-stricken California.As water suppliers search for new ways to meet the mandatory water use reductions...

Naegleria fowleri, also called “brain-eating amoeba,” has been found in a third Louisiana water system. The Terrebonne Parish utility district issued a...

One year from now, about 10,000 of the world’s athletes will converge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the host city for the...

If the Town of Snowmass Village is a community built on extreme skiing and snowboarding, then the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District...

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is building infrastructure for the next 20 years of growth. The city of 500,000 is located on the western...