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News Briefs: Tanker Truck Crashes and Spills Fuel Into Toledo Sewer
A recent tanker truck crash resulted in a spill of over 1,500 gallons of gasoline and diesel in Toledo, Ohio. The Toledo Fire and...
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News Briefs: San Francisco Company Recycling Wastewater From High-Rise Buildings
Aaron Tartakovsky, co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec, has a vision for the future of recycled water: repurposing wastewater from high-rise buildings...
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News Briefs: Newark Students Discover New Career Paths at Pequannock Watershed
Newark, New Jersey, high school students recently visited the Pequannock Watershed, a 35,000-acre city-owned wilderness area providing drinking water for Newark and surrounding...
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News Briefs: Pipe Breaks Deplete Water Supply in Florida Keys
A recent series of three underground pipe breaks in the Village of Islamorada, located in the Upper Keys, severely depleted the Florida Keys water...
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News Briefs: EPA Issues New Requirements for Water System Cybersecurity
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new requirements for public water systems to improve their cybersecurity measures. The EPA memo instructs...
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News Briefs: Alabama Black Belt Town Gets Funding Lifeline to Salvage Sewers
A small community in the Black Belt of Alabama will receive a $10 million fund to rectify a deteriorating sewage infrastructure that...
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News Briefs: Oregon First Responders Rescue Dog From 6-Inch Sewer Pipe
First responders recently rescued a small dog that got stuck in a sewer pipe in Portland, Oregon. Portland Fire & Rescue reported...
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News Briefs: City of Hamilton Discovers Large 26-Year-Old Sewage Leak
Entry 335391The City of Hamilton, Ontario, recently discovered a leak in its sewer system that went undetected for 26 years, spilling 337...
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News Briefs: Benton Harbor, Michigan, Has Replaced Nearly All Its Lead Service Lines
Entry 335447Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced that 99% of the water service lines in Benton Harbor have been inspected and replaced with copper...
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News Briefs: EPA Releases Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures in Communities
Entry 335459The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities in conjunction with National Lead...
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News Briefs: Mississippi Men Indicted for Discharging Industrial Waste Into Jackson Sewer System
Entry 335462Two Rankin County, Mississippi, men appeared in federal court recently on felony charges of illegally discharging industrial waste into the Jackson...
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News Briefs: California Prepares for Another Dry Winter
Entry 335534With California’s official water year (Oct. 1 to Sept. 30) in the books, officials say the state is likely to continue...
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News Briefs: Vandals Cause Sewage Overflow in Oregon
Entry 335547A sewer overflow into a creek in The Dalles, Oregon, was caused by vandals plugging a pipe, according to Columbia Gorge News.A...









