Upon seeing seasoned workers leave for retirement and take many years of institutional knowledge with them, Rudolph S. Chow, P.E., met with...
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News Briefs: Utility Workers Uncover Ancient Skeletons Near London
Entry 339335Workers laying water pipes outside of London for a Thames Water project recently found 26 ancient skeletons that utility experts believe...
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News Briefs: Actor Jaden Smith Distributes Clean Water in Flint
Entry 339447A foundation run by Jaden Smith, son of actor Will Smith, is working with a church to bring cleaner water to...
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Interactive Map Shows Real-Time Reports of Baltimore's SSOs
One common thread among forward-thinking utilities today is a drive to implement novel approaches to public outreach in an ongoing effort to...
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Chesapeake Bay Health Score Drops Due to Increased Pollution from Runoff
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's (CBF) biennial State of the Bay Report score decreased one point this year to 33, equivalent to a D+. The...
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News Briefs: Worker Dies After Being Struck by Excavator in Trench
Entry 339563A construction worker at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Baltimore, Maryland, died after being hit by an excavator, according...
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News Briefs: Unshored 15-Foot Trench Collapses, Kills Worker
Entry 339823Two trench-collapse stories with two very different outcomes surfaced this past week. First, in Baltimore, Maryland, a 15-foot-deep excavated trench collapsed...
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Best Advice of 2017: Nuggets of Wisdom from Nine Successful Utilities
As is typically the drill when the latter part of December arrives and a new year approaches, it’s time for some reflection....
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Tunnel Project Expected to Reduce CSOs by 90 Percent
The EPA recently recognized 28 different wastewater, septic system and stormwater projects for being innovative in their design or financing.
Projects funded by...
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Utilities Find Ways to Ward Off FOG
The latest fatberg making headlines is in Baltimore, Maryland.A nearly 1.2 million gallon dry-weather SSO occurred last month because of the massive...
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Creative Approach Solves Sewer Extension Problem
Sometimes collections systems are simple: Bury some pipe and let gravity do the work. Sometimes, it takes a more creative approach.The Department...
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Step Pool Conveyance Proves to be Effective Stormwater Solution
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is one of a number of jurisdictions using the Step Pool Conveyance System (SPCS) approach to reduce stormwater...
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News Briefs: Contractor Indicted for Fatal Trench Collapse
A Boston contractor is facing criminal charges in connection with a work site incident that killed two of its employees last October.According...
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Taking Care of the Chesapeake
Innovative public-private partnerships are just one of a stream of steps Anne Arundel County, Maryland, is taking to reduce stormwater runoff, meet...















