Entry 338135Municipal sewer and water utilities around country are adopting various policies to suspend water shutoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To name just...
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News Briefs: Detroit to Restore Water Service to Unpaid Customers During COVID-19 Outbreak
Entry 338147Newsweek reports that the city of Detroit recently announced plans to restore water service to thousands of homes that had been...
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Software Saves Grand Rapids $1 Billion
By using sensors to collect real-time data about the performance of sanitary sewers and a specialized software program to analyze the intel,...
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News Briefs: Report Shows Los Angeles Won't Reach Stormwater Pollution Goals Until 2082
Entry 338366Some communities in Los Angeles’ Westside have been slow to come up with solutions for toxic urban stormwater runoff that continues...
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News Briefs: Feds Back Off After Report Shows Newark's Lead Filters Are Functional
Entry 338515Engineering firm CDM Smith, acting as the city’s consultant, recently provided a 100-page report on whether Newark, New Jersey’s filters are...
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How a Michigan Fatberg Was Turned Into an Educational Opportunity
Massive sewer accumulations of fats, oils and grease are on the rise. The system impact of FOG is greatly exacerbated by a...
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News Briefs: Newark Officials Say Lead Filters Are 97% Effective
Entry 338813City and state officials in Newark, New Jersey, are telling residents to continue using the thousands of water filters provided in...
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News Briefs: Sewer Backup Causes Waste Tornado for Residents
Entry 339153Four homes in Melrose, Massachusetts, recently experienced a sewage backup of epic proportions after a sewer main line became blocked.
The residents...
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News Briefs: Utility Worker Trapped for 6 Hours in Trench Collapse
Entry 339294A 27-year-old worker in Harris County, Texas, says being trapped for six hours in a collapsed trench was the scariest event...
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News Briefs: Report Finds 43 States Affected by PFAS
Entry 339300A recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds that 610 locations in 43 states are contaminated with...
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News Briefs: Sewer Blockage Leaves 77 Hospital Patients Without Toilet Access
Entry 339324Tensions are rising after a sewer blockage in Atascadero, California, has left 77 patients at Atascadero State Hospital without easy access...
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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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Flint to Revert Back to Data-Driven Predictive Model for Lead Pipe Replacements
The City of Flint has agreed to use a data-driven approach to finding the remaining lead pipes delivering drinking water to residents’...










