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News Briefs: New York City Water Main Break Floods Streets, Shuts Down Trains
Entry 338303A recent water main break — the second impactful break in a week — in New York City’s Upper West Side...
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News Briefs: Thief Posing as Utility Worker Steals $50,000 in Jewelry
Entry 338357A thief claiming to be a utility worker recently stole $50,000 worth of jewelry from a home in Mequon, Wisconsin.
To those...
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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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News Briefs: Recent Documentaries Highlight Flint Water Crisis
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A new documentary highlighting the Flint Water Crisis as an example of the country’s aging water infrastructure premiered Sept. 12 at the Capitol...
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Minneapolis Tackles Tunnel Project to Reroute Water Main Under Mississippi
The City of Minneapolis Public Works Department has an ambitious new plan for a large-diameter water main that is currently suspended from...
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News Briefs: Study Claims Lead Pipe Replacements Could Enhance Minnesota's Economy
Entry 339438An interesting feasibility report recently released by the Minnesota Department of Health shows that removing all the lead from the state’s...
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News Briefs: Minneapolis to Charge Property Owners for Clearing Grease From Pipes
Entry 339587The City of Minneapolis has passed a FOG ordinance that will charge a fee to property owners and businesses that put...
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News Briefs: North Carolina Utility Working With Feds to Fight Ransomware Attack
Entry 339635A Jacksonville, North Carolina, water utility is working with federal investigators after its computer system was hacked and subjected to a...
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News Briefs: Untested Tap Water in Puerto Rico Raises Concerns About Lead
Entry 339671Citizens of Puerto Rico generally don’t trust their tap water, according to a new report by NPR, largely due to fears...
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Lost Wedding Ring Found During Routine Sewer Cleaning
Oftentimes when a valuable goes down the drain, the expectation is that you’ll never see it again. At best, you know that...
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News Briefs: Body Found at DC Water Pumping Station
A worker in Washington, D.C. found a man’s body while checking a sewer trap at a pumping station in the early morning...
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Drones Deployed to Aid in Sewer System Smoke Testing
The city of Minneapolis is experimenting with a unique method for detecting problem areas in its collections system — drones.This fall, when...
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The Fine Art of Blending Stormwater Management into a Streetscape
Better coordination between transportation planners and utilities’ stormwater management is the aim of a new guide produced by the National Association of...













