Entries Tagged Drinking Water

Online Exclusives How Madison Water Utility Eliminated Its Lead Problem

Editor's note: This article first appeared on the Madison Water Utility blog in response to recent news events in Flint, Michigan.You can’t see it....

February 22, 2016

Online Exclusives $80 Billion Needed For Great Lakes Wastewater Infrastructure

According to a new Environmental Protection Agency report, more than $80 billion will be needed over the next 20 years to prevent...

February 16, 2016

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Utility Ships Potable Water to Fort Gordon

Columbia County (Georgia) Water Utility sent over 4,000 gallons of potable water to neighboring communities, including United States Army base Fort Gordon outside...

February 11, 2016

12715227 10153286502262539 5076288697997714838 n

Online Exclusives Louisville Water Leaders Launch 'Flint Love' Campaign

Mayor Greg Fischer joined members of the Louisville Water Co., Louisville MSD and WaterStep to launch a communitywide effort to provide funding for children...

February 10, 2016

George hawkins dc water 1000 667 171030 090106

Blogs Sometimes Progress Starts with Getting a Low Grade

A C+ grade, not once but twice! What parent would be happy with that outcome?Yet, I am not talking about grades in school....

February 10, 2016

Online Exclusives News Briefs: London Opens First ‘Super Sewer’

The first of two London “super sewers” — the Lee Tunnel — designed to reduce combined sewer overflows from going into the...

February 04, 2016

Online Exclusives A Timeline of the Flint Water Crises

Nov. 29, 2011: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appoints Michael Brown the first emergency manager of four to help deal with a declared...

February 02, 2016

Online Exclusives California Receives $182 Million for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced more than $182 million in funding to California for investment in statewide...

February 01, 2016

Online Exclusives News Briefs: Detroit Pistons Owner Pledges to Raise $10M for Flint

Tom Gores, owner of the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, has pledged to raise $10 million from the private sector for relief efforts in...

January 28, 2016

Blogs The (So Far) Untold Story of Flint Lead Pollution

Editor's note: This blog ran on our sister publication, Treatment Plant Operator (www.TPOmag.com). We invite our readers to share their perspectives on...

January 25, 2016

Online Exclusives Direct Potable Reuse 'Coming of Age'

Water managers, federal and state regulators and public health experts will convene in Long Beach, California, Jan. 25-27, at the first International...

January 18, 2016

Online Exclusives Arizona, Nevada Receive $44 Million to Improve Water Quality

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $44 million in funding to Arizona and Nevada for investment in statewide improvements in local drinking...

December 31, 2015