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As water professionals, we know how difficult it is to explain complicated issues to elected officials and the general public.Take, for example,...

Worth NotingThe California Stormwater Quality Association announced the award recipients honored at its 10th annual CASQA Stormwater Conference. They include: Outstanding Local Stormwater...

What would it take to persuade you that the following statement is true: The ability to influence others is the most important...

Heavy rainfall in 2008 inundated the Coralville, Iowa, area. Six inches of rain fell on already saturated ground over a 48-hour period...

Even though the city is nearly surrounded by lakes, Madison, Wis., doesn’t take water for granted.To protect its water supplies and infrastructure,...

Kline’s Services, the Pennsylvania wastewater management company, was sold to Wind River Environmental in a sale that was finalized last week.According to...

Applications are being accepted for Pennsylvania American Water's 2015 Stream of Learning Scholarship Program, which provides financial assistance to high school seniors...

Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa — alarmed by rising nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers —...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith,...

They are known among Madison Water Utility inspectors simply as "flooded houses" — homes with collapsed ceilings and peeling drywall, water pouring...

Faced with a series of storms that continued to wipe out its sewer pumping stations, New Jersey’s South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority...

For many organizations, succession planning is like sending out Christmas cards on time, starting a diet or taking yoga classes: The goal...

People/AwardsThe Durkees Run Stormwater Park in Lafayette, Ind., received the Community Achievement Award for innovative community projects from the Indiana Association of...

As rain poured down on Clarksville, Tenn., and floodwaters rose in early May 2010, the city’s utility collections team members could do...

The City of Belleville, Ontario, has embarked on the largest infrastructure renewal project in its history. The plan is called BuildBelleville and...

First it forms. Then it multiplies. Then it attaches to underwater structures like water system intakes.It’s frazil ice, and it’s led to...

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the additional award of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds totaling over $3.1 million to target...