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News Briefs: U.S. Declares Water Shortage on Colorado River
Also in this week's sewer and water news, water utilities in four states are asking the U.S. EPA for help getting chlorine-based materials amidst an ongoing shortage
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News Briefs: New Jersey Governor Signs Bill to Nix Lead Pipes in State
Also in this week's sewer and water news, New York approves $47 million for water quality projects
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News Briefs: Alabama Officials Speak Out Against 'Flushable' Wipes
Also in this week's sewer and water news, Ohio launches a new grant program that will invest hundreds of millions of dollars in water infrastructure
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News Briefs: South Philadelphia Street Looks Like River Rapids After Large Main Break
Also in this week's sewer and water news, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced the investment of $97 million for 25 water/wastewater projects across 19 counties
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News Briefs: Ongoing Megadrought in West Makes National Headlines
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a Missouri laboratory detects the Delta variant of COVID-19 weeks before the first case was reported in the state
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News Briefs: Worker Airlifted to Hospital After 30-Foot Fall Into Manhole
Also in this week's sewer and water news, the USDA is investing $307 million to modernize rural drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
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News Briefs: Officials Seek Funding to Prevent Winter Freeze Outages in San Antonio
Also in this week's sewer and water news, EPA Administrator Michael Regan recently toured a Milwaukee water project to promote the Biden administration's $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan
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News Briefs: Tuscaloosa Mayor Signs Water Conservation Order Due to Leak
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, the FBI is investigating the hacking of a water treatment facility in the San Francisco Bay Area
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News Briefs: Two City Workers Hospitalized After Lift Station Rescue in Kentucky
Also in this week's sewer and water news, DC Water announces the success of its first green infrastructure projects using the Environmental Impact Bond
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News Briefs: Charleston Working to Create Map of Lead Pipes as EPA Considers New Rule
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a new study will examine water infrastructure quality's impact on economic growth
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News Briefs: Communities Selected for EPA Discussions on Lead In Drinking Water
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a new report from the Department of Homeland Security says cyberattacks against water/wastewater networks are likely to continue
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News Briefs: California Water Agencies Praise Governor's Drought Proposal
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a popular private ski resort near Big Sky, Montana, could soon be the first in the state to recycle wastewater and turn it into fresh snow for ski runs
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News Briefs: AI Technology Helps Mid-Atlantic Utility Predict Pipe Breaks
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a manufacturer of so-called "flushable" wipes has reached a settlement with a South Carolina utility in a landmark case for the wastewater industry
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News Briefs: Private WWTP Indicted for Years of Illegal Discharges Into Sewer
Also in this week's sewer and water news, the American West is preparing for its first possible water shortage declaration, as the Bureau of Reclamation forecasts that the man-made lakes storing water will fall to historically low levels
