Water conservation is a team effort in drought-stricken California.As water suppliers search for new ways to meet the mandatory water use reductions...
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Helping Water Utilities Conserve and Be More Efficient
3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities learn how to improve efficiency and ultimately save water. The...
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News Briefs: Manhole Cover Explodes Through Bus Floor, Injuring Passenger
Josephina Guzman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.An underground explosion shot a nearly 300-pound manhole cover through the floor of...
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News Briefs: City Drops Wastewater Reuse Project
As heavy springtime rains brought relief from the drought that gripped north Texas, the City of Wichita Falls has pulled back from...
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News Briefs: Santa Barbara to Restart Desalination Plant
City Council Votes to Reactivate Desalination Plant
Santa Barbara City Council members voted unanimously July 21 in favor of spending $55 million to...
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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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Drought, Climate Change Speed Call To Action
“If there’s no snowpack, there’s no water.”A recent report by the New York Times highlights some of the challenges faced by the...
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News Briefs: How Much Marijuana is in Wastewater?
In Washington state, researchers hope to glean a little information about pot use by studying wastewater in two separate cities. The pilot...
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Water Suppliers Wrestle with Decreased Sales
The ongoing California drought has led to an apparent paradox for water utilities and agencies throughout the state: Water conservation reduces revenue.Based...
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News Briefs: ‘Drought Proof’ City Targets Brackish Water
In El Paso, Texas, drought is driving the city’s water agenda. A new project, which was recently approved by the El Paso...
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News Briefs: China Experiments With GPS to Curb Manhole Cover Thefts
A new manhole cover design, complete with GPS tracking, has been created in response to an estimated 240,000 stolen manhole covers in...
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News Briefs: Jay Z Rebuked by Denver Water in Open Letter
As the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” — and that includes the accompanying beverages.Denver Water publicly called...
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10 Images From Flood-Weary Houston
After a nearly five-year drought, Texas swung abruptly in the other direction as torrential rains caused deadly flooding this week. The storms...
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Is the Texas Drought Finally Over?
While California is in the midst of one of its worst droughts ever, the State of Texas is finally emerging from its...




















