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Most managers face a daily gauntlet of brush fires. But the tightrope walk tentatively trod by newly promoted managers, who suddenly find...

Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., met with...

You won’t find a treatment plant at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. You will find a highly dedicated operations team that...

The City of Big Shoulders is also the City of Big Water. Chicago’s Department of Water Manage-ment is capable of producing 2.1 billion...

Giving residents access to safe, clean drinking water can be one of the most capital-intensive and operationally significant services that a water...

Entry 339294A 27-year-old worker in Harris County, Texas, says being trapped for six hours in a collapsed trench was the scariest event...

Blockage of a critical 5-inch overflow pipe beneath a large artificial lake at Dospat Dam, Bulgaria, posed extreme danger to dam wall...

The first-ever analysis of needs of the U.S. stormwater sector shows an estimated $7.5 billion annual funding gap and revealed top priorities...

Thinking twice about what consumers flush away may help them save money, and the environment. Ryerson University recently released a new report...

General Pipe Cleaners’ powerful JM-3080 Jet-Set water jet drain cleaning machine clears stubborn grease stoppages as well as lines clogged with sand,...

Entry 339300A recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds that 610 locations in 43 states are contaminated with...

The American Water Works Association’s most recent Water and Wastewater Rate Survey is now available. The survey reveals that average increases in drinking water...

A two-building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, office complex suffered constant sewer line backups. Local topography forced the facility’s new 300-foot sewer line into an...

Entry 339303SmartCover Systems UnderCover 2UnderCover 2 from SmartCover Systems makes use of advanced microelectromechanical systems technology for intrusion detection and unauthorized opening...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the winners of its seventh annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students...

As much as 80 to 90 percent of the grease that is clogging plumbing systems is located within 20 feet of a...

Wynnchurch Capital’s industrial platform rebrands as Midland IndustriesWynnchurch Capital announced it has rebranded its industrial distribution platform as Midland Industries. The platform...

Entry 339318Investigators are determining whether any safety devices were in place at the site of a trench collapse that killed two workers...

A 30-story condominium in North Miami Beach, Florida, suffered slow drain and clog issues in laundry rooms on each floor. The owners...