Heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt throughout the Midwest has triggered widespread catastrophic flooding, which is causing major problems for water and wastewater...
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News Briefs: Melting Snow Is Polluting Milwaukee Waterways
Entry 339378The leftover trash and road salt from Wisconsin’s winter are now polluting waterways in Milwaukee, according to WTMJ News.
Jake...
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Partnerships Are the Key to Source Water Management for This Missouri City
Protecting the source water in Kirksville, Missouri, is paramount fort the city’s Public Works department. Department director Glen Balliew says partnerships are...
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A Simple Plan
Possibly the only thing worse than a failed stormwater system is a failed plan to fix it. This is what Glenn Balliew...
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News Briefs: President Trump Signs America's Water Infrastructure Act
Entry 339627Marking the final step of a rare bipartisan effort by Congress, President Donald Trump recently signed the America’s Water Infrastructure Act...
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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: Firefighters Rescue Sewer Worker Stuck in Concrete
Entry 339851First responders recently rescued a sewer repair worker who was stuck in concrete at an excavation site in Lamay, Missouri.
The worker...
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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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City Handles Wide Range of Utility Work In-House
In this video profile, you can see workers with the city of Liberty, Missouri, in action. First, using a CCTV van setup...
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How Proactive Asset Management is Working Out for One Water Utility
An old, popular TV ad used to warn: You can pay me now or pay me later.
It was in essence a plug...
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Bringing Business In-House
To remain proactive and spur their master improvement plan, the city of Liberty, Missouri, found a novel method to simplify rehab and...
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Utility’s Proactive Replacement Program Produces Big Drop in Water Main Break Numbers
KC Water Services in Kansas City, Missouri, has been battling water main breaks like any other utility this winter season, when the...
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News Briefs: City Marks Milestone in Water Main Replacement Program
Kansas City, Missouri, recently celebrated its 100th mile of pipe replaced since launching a comprehensive water main replacement program in 2013.It’s only...
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Helping Utilities Limit Lead Contamination
A new model has been developed for tracking where lead particles might travel during a lead service line replacement.The hope of the...
















