General

Everyone in the municipal sewer and water industry encounters an emergency situation from time to time. Usually it’s a broken water main...

Stormwater utility managers plan their systems around the size of the biggest storm they would typically expect in a given time period,...

People/Awards The Hopkinsville Surface and Stormwater Utility received the Kentucky League of Cities Enterprise City Award for the construction of the Woodmont Basin...

Black & Veatch recently released a report identifying the top challenges in the water and wastewater industry. Not surprisingly, aging infrastructure topped...

Insider knowledge at the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, identified the Pleasant Run Central force main as one of the...

SSPMA welcomes Superior Pump, holds spring meetingThe Sump and Sewage Pump Mfg. Association (SSPMA) welcomed Superior Pump of Minneapolis to its membership....

Justin Clemones wasn’t thinking about becoming a water compliance specialist when he graduated from Pendleton (S.C.) High School in 2005. His love...

People/Awards Philip Guerin of the Worcester (Mass.) Department of Public Works and Parks was honored by the White House as a Champion of...

Odors from the Gray Manor pumping station in Baltimore County, Md., were so bad that one neighbor complained to the newspaper, saying...

When a tornado nearly leveled sections of Americus, Ga., the city got down to the business of rebuilding. One major reconstruction project...

Combined sewer overflows were once a regular headache for the wastewater treatment operators and the residents living around Narragansett Bay in Rhode...

People/Awards The Hopkinsville Surface and Stormwater Utility received the Kentucky League of Cities Enterprise City Award for the construction of the Woodmont Basin...

Three years ago, the City of Guelph, Ont., found itself in a unique position. After various levels of government announced funds for...

Toolboxes might seem to be the simplest of devices in any shop, but a new toolbox system from Snap-on Industrial helps teams...

Volunteer programs help water and sewer utility employees give back to their communities and generate public good will. The Louisville (Ky.) Water Company...

People/Awards William Battaglin was named the president of the American Water Resources Association for 2012. Warren County (Kentucky) announced the following Stormwater Stewardship Award...

Learning Opportunities APWA The American Public Works Association has these audio/Web courses: • March 15 – Using Performance Measurements to Cope with Layoffs • March 29...