Working in trenches and excavations is potentially one of the most hazardous types of work in the construction and utility industries.One reason?...
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Engaging the Public on Drinking Water Issues
Last week was Drinking Water Week, a time when many utilities do some public outreach and educate their customers on what it takes...
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New Poll Shows Americans Want Increased Infrastructure Investment
The Value of Water Campaign marked the fifth annual Infrastructure Week (May 15-19) by releasing results of a new poll and leading...
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Climate-Change Challenges Motivate Coastal Utilities
Climate change has created new challenges for utilities, and those tests are likely to increase. But thanks to recent research, Rhode Island...
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News Briefs: Budget Deal Protects Rural Water Loan and Grant Program
The Trump administration’s proposed cuts that would have impacted the nation’s water infrastructure will not come to fruition for now.The president signed...
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New Partnership Promotes Water’s Connection to Kentucky Bourbon
For more than 150 years, Louisville, Kentucky’s bourbon industry and Louisville Water Co. have produced two of the city’s most recognized products....
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Teaching Water Customers to Go with the Flow
A common lament among utilities is that their customers don’t appreciate their product — safe, clean and reliable tap water.Consumers do largely take...
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Drinking Water Week Provides Prime Opportunity for Public Outreach
Five-hundred water utilities and other agencies are included in the American Water Works Association’s list of participants celebrating Drinking Water Week this...
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5 Steps to Confined-Space Safety
Each year, about 100 workers in the United States die in confined-space incidents.The sad fact is that most of those workers were...
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News Briefs: Bill Could Bolster California Stormwater Capture
The California Senate has passed a bill that would make it easier for utilities to build stormwater capture projects.“We’re losing hundreds of...
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Oshkosh Corp. Celebrates 100 Years in Business
JLG Industries, a leading global manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, has announced that its parent company, Oshkosh Corporation, is set...
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Industry News: May 3, 2017
Fox-Marrs named president of JCB North America
JCB announced the appointment of Richard Fox-Marrs as president and CEO of JCB. He will be...
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Funding the High Cost of Aging Infrastructure
Reports about the country’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure often are accompanied by a price tag — an especially high one. In...
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News Briefs: City Marks Milestone in Water Main Replacement Program
Kansas City, Missouri, recently celebrated its 100th mile of pipe replaced since launching a comprehensive water main replacement program in 2013.It’s only...
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Cutters Provide Optimal Cleaning
NozzTeq’s Lumberjack cutters can handle a variety of different pipe blockages while remaining nearly maintenance-free. A high-speed, low-torque design prevents the nozzles...
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From Pumping Wastewater to Serving Up Food
Wastewater infrastructure is built for a specific purpose. Being given a second life when that purpose comes to an end is rare...
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Striving for the Bare Minimum
In Wilson County, Tennessee, achieving the least is top priority.The Wilson County Water and Wastewater Authority supplies water service to 25,000 residents,...

















