Safety

Three utility workers in the Florida Keys died this week after climbing into a manhole and being overcome by hydrogen sulfide and...

The Great Lakes Protection Fund and American Water Works Association have launched the Water Utility Energy Challenge, a new program that engages...

We're now in the thick of winter, and come wind or rain or freezing cold, the workday must go on.Some of you,...

After being held up in recent months by continued debate, a bill authorizing emergency funds to address Flint, Michigan’s drinking water crisis...

PEOPLE/AWARDSGreg Duncan of T&M Associates has been appointed as the stormwater engineer for Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania.A city of Valdosta (Georgia) engineering project,...

Falls and other confined-space work injuries are usually preventable. That is, of course, if the proper safety steps are taken to guard...

In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, the American Water Works Association (AWWA) is urging the new administration to make water infrastructure...

Waterblasting is dangerous work with several inherent risks. The best way to keep workers safe is to put as many obstacles as...

It's Thanksgiving. That means winter is on its way (if it hasn't shown some signs of arrival already). The definition of “extreme cold” varies...

PEOPLE/AWARDSAndrew Stevenson, manager at ATAP Infrastructure Management Ltd., was unanimously elected by the Canadian Public Works Association’s board of directors to serve...

The Hose Adapter Thingy (HAT) manufactured by National Metal Fabricators aims to solve a common problem for vac truck operators — a...

The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies honored 20 public drinking water systems with its top utility management awards recently in ceremonies at its...

Sydney Water recently won the International Water Association’s (IWA) Project Innovation Award in Applied Research for six years of research that focused...

A new law in California will help track the energy consumption and emissions that result from water use. Gov. Jerry Brown recently...

Jerome Marshall went to work 22 years ago at the Sewer and Water Board of New Orleans “because I wanted to be...

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new guidelines that would temporarily allow radioactive contamination in drinking water beyond safety limits in the...

PEOPLE/AWARDSThe New Hampshire Department of Transportation received the Best Use of Innovation Award (medium-sized category) from the Northeast Association of State Transportation...