Heavy rainfall in 2008 inundated the Coralville, Iowa, area. Six inches of rain fell on already saturated ground over a 48-hour period...
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Water Works To Sue Neighboring Counties
Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa — alarmed by rising nitrate levels in the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers —...
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Are Mobile Sewage Pumping Stations the Future in Flood-Prone Areas?
Faced with a series of storms that continued to wipe out its sewer pumping stations, New Jersey’s South Monmouth Regional Sewerage Authority...
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Be Prepared For The Unexpected
Welcome to January. It’s actually Nov. 11, and as I write this, the snow is piling ever higher on the deck in...
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EPA Awards Additional Funding to Target Algal Blooms
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the additional award of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds totaling over $3.1 million to target...
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Agreement Finalized for Bay Area Groundwater Storage Project
A landmark agreement between the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and three San Mateo County organizations was finalized last week to...
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Municipal Leaders Oppose Proposed Stormwater Regulations
Municipal leaders in Connecticut have rallied to oppose a proposal by the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection that would create...
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Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions Group Supplies Stormwater Detention System
Oldcastle Stormwater Solutions Group supplied a 17,000-cubic-foot stormwater detention and sand filter system at the new Cottages on Providence development in Charlotte,...
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News Briefs: Controversial Water Utility Bill Sparks Debate
To sell or not to sell. That’s the question several New Jersey towns need to answer as they prepare to upgrade drinking-water...
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Think Forward
Another year is nearly in the books. Christmas is just a few days off as you’re reading this, but the leaves in...
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News Briefs: Concrete Clogs Sewer; City Searches for Culprit
An emergency sewer project in Seattle — caused when concrete from a nearby construction project entered the sewer system — will take...
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Monitor Grinder Pumps Remotely With the iota OneBox
The iota OneBox telemetry system from E/One Sewer Systems gives you complete command of your fleet of pressure sewer grinder pumps from...
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New Jersey Plans For Natural Disasters By Converting A Series Of Pumping Stations Into Mobile Units
October 2012 marked the East Coast passage of Superstorm Sandy, the second-most costly hurricane in United States history. Not content to simply...
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The Small Town Of Edgewood, Illinois Faces Big Challenges In Manhole Repair
When the Village of Edgewood, Ill., put in its first sewer system in the 1980s, many of the manhole covers wound up...
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Stormwater Education: What's the Big Deal About a Candy Wrapper?
In the book All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper, James tosses a candy wrapper to the curb.“Hey, what are...
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News Briefs: San Francisco Bay Tunnel Open for Business
A new seismically resistant tunnel came into service last week, connecting Hetch Hetchy and East Bay water supplies with customers in the...
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Stormwater Management: The Flow Restrictor Solution
Editor's note: Here, we highlight just a portion of the Evanston, Ill., collections system. For more information, check out the December cover story,...












