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Are You Ready for Hydrant Inspection and Flushing Season?
Editor's note: This video is part of a series produced by the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) focused on helping you operate efficient water and...
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Lead Abatement: Treat the Water or Replace the Pipes?
It’s a tough question.Replace all the lead pipe in your drinking water system, including home service laterals, or add corrosion-control chemicals at...
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Regina Opts for Easier, Cheaper Way to Access Deep Sewers
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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We Can't Let Flint Contaminate Tap Water's Reputation
My older brother brings an insulated jug of water along when we go fishing. On it he has written “BWIFI” in bold...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 steps you and your work crews must plan...
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SFPUC Completes Last Two Critical Water Pipeline Projects
Construction has been completed on the last two major regional water pipeline projects that are part of the $4.8 billion Hetch Hetchy Water...
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14 Steps to Ensure Safety In and Around Trenches and Excavations — Part 1
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of a two-part article that discusses 14 things you and your work crews must plan...
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Toilets Are Not Trashcans, Says NACWA
Cynthia Finley grew up with a septic system, so she learned as a child what not to put down a toilet. However, she...
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EPA: $271 Billion Needed for Nation's Wastewater Infrastructure
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a survey last week that reveals $271 billion is needed to maintain and improve the nation’s wastewater...
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Old Swimming Pool Water Finds New Life
As the cannonballs wind down and the new year revs up, the City of Burbank, California, now gets creative with the leftover water that...
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Nation's Largest Desalination Plant Now Online
Operations are underway at the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant, which has already produced more than 1.5 billion gallons...
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What Water Utilities Can Learn From the Donald Trump Phenomenon
No one can really say how long the Donald Trump presidential campaign will last. If you told most veteran journalists or political...
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Students Create Green Storm Drain Filter With 3-D Printing
A team of students from the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering received a $15,000 grant from the Environmental Protection...




















