The Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority in Arkansas has spent millions of dollars rehabbing its collections system, all aimed at meeting a...
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Utility Launches Income-Based Water Bill Program
Water infrastructure needs to be maintained. That costs money. And most of that money comes in via utility ratepayers — some of...
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Showing Water Customers What They Pay For
The adage “out of sight, out of mind” is a particularly common one in the water and wastewater industry. It’s often made...
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Utility Makes Progress On Private Lead Pipe Replacements
Natalie Nienhuis no longer has to worry about lead pipe issues in her 1920s bungalow in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Even better, she...
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News Briefs: EPA Announces Proposed Rule for Great Lakes CSO Notification Procedures
The EPA has released a proposed rule that would affect 182 Great Lakes communities and how they provide public notification about CSO...
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Water Professionals Take On Role As First Responders
The important role of water professionals as first responders was a lesson relearned after 9/11 and again after hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Sandy...
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News Briefs: Water Workers Honored for Locating Missing Woman
The Arlington (Texas) Police and Fire Department recently honored three Arlington Water Utilities Department employees for going beyond the call of duty....
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News Briefs: Flash Flooding Washes Away Sewer Pipes
“In 40 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”That was the reaction of Sterling Excavation project superintendent Danny Piles after flooding in...
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City Workers Pull Puppy From Sewer
A team of water and sewer workers from the city of Lucedale, Mississippi, reunited an 8-week-old pit bull with his family after...
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Denver Water Preps for Population Boom
The Mile High City has its fair share of water-related challenges to contend with as it envisions a future filled with more...
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Sewer Upgrade Results in Hefty Bills for Unsuspecting Customers
Residents of Kittery, Maine, a town of about 9,500 residents, approved a bond to update part of their sewer system in 2013....
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10 Attributes of Effectively Managed Water Utilities
The American Public Works Association and seven key water associations, including the American Water Works Association, the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies,...
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Worried Customers? Here's How to Discuss Lead Contamination
The systemic lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply has created a national dialogue about infrastructure and lead service pipes. “Could...
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Picking Up the Pieces: District Recovers From Historic Flooding
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District plans to have its flood-damaged Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant restored to full treatment capability by April...




















