There are spots in Regina, Saskatchewan, where sewer pipes are so deep that they can’t be safely accessed with equipment owned by...
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News Briefs: Small Utility Wins Best Tap Water Award (Again)
For the fourth time in 10 years, the best-tasting tap water in the world belongs to the Clearbrook (British Columbia) Waterworks District....
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News Briefs: City Fined $150K in Sewer Worker’s Death
The City of Welland, Ontario, was fined $150,000 after a city worker died as a result of an infection he contracted after...
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Year in Review: The Top 10 Headlines of 2015
Emergency crews in Nogales, Arizona, were called to a house that flooded as a result of a wastewater backup Fourth of July...
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News Briefs: Did a Trapped Bird Cause $38M Water Cleanup?
A pheasant is the top suspect as officials look for the cause of a cryptosporidium outbreak in Lancashire, Great Britain. The early-August outbreak...
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News Briefs: Ribbon-Cutting Marks Sewer Milestone
After nine years of construction and a price tag of nearly $140 million, the City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada celebrated the...
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News Briefs: Crazy Sewage Stunt Brings Charges
One Newfoundland resident who took matters into his own hands — or rather, raw sewage in a bucket — is facing a...
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Canadian Utility Tackles Infrastructure Upgrades
The City of Owen Sound, Ontario, is modernizing its water and wastewater infrastructure at a solid pace. However, on occasion Mother Nature,...
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2015 WateReuse Award Winners Announced
The WateReuse Association presented the 2015 WateReuse Award of Excellence to nine leaders in alternative water supply development during a Sept. 15 luncheon in...
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News Briefs: Body Recovered After Man Falls Into Manhole
An act of kindness ended tragically earlier this month in Syracuse, New York, and the good Samaritan’s body was found two days...
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News Briefs: Union Rejects Water Utility's Latest Proposal
Public employees of the Halifax Regional Water Commission (Halifax Water) and the utility were back at the bargaining table earlier this week...
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Municipality Overcomes Obstacles To Upgrade Its Wastewater System
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (Alberta, Canada) has identified sewer construction as one of the key drivers of development according to...
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Hundreds of Halifax Water Workers On Strike
More than 300 unionized workers at the Halifax Regional Water Commission have been off the job for over a week in what...
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Canadian Utility Handles Sewer And Water For Massive Service Area
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northeastern Alberta, Canada, provides utility service to a huge area of almost 25,000 square miles,...


















