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Entry 340693A 48-inch water main ruptured in Uptown New Orleans on Jan. 31, causing significant flooding. The break occurred near the intersection of...

Entry 340701A major infrastructure failure recently resulted in a massive discharge of wastewater into the Potomac River northwest of Washington, D.C. A...

Entry 340814The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission recently announced that emergency repairs to a collapsed wastewater pipe in Tijuana are complete,...

Entry 340824A boil water advisory was in effect for Central and Northeast El Paso, Texas, following the rupture of a 70-year-old water main....

Entry 331994New York City experienced a seasonal spike in manhole fires as a recent heavy snowstorm left streets covered in slush and...

Entry 332104A massive water main break in Waterbury, Connecticut, left tens of thousands of residents in the city without reliable service. The infrastructure failure led...

Entry 332107Heavy rains in the Pacific Northwest recently overwhelmed Portland's "Big Pipe" system, prompting city officials to issue a combined sewer overflow...

Entry 332115Epic Cleantec recently launched a commercial beer made with highly purified recycled water from showers and laundry, and it's now available to consumers...

Entry 332176The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has put forward a new proposal — known as the Waters of the United States rule...

Entry 332179The arrest of a 46-year-old man for spray-painting flower designs on several manhole covers in Sioux City, Iowa, has ignited a public...

Entry 332182Texas lawmakers and voters have approved a $20 billion plan dedicated to funding critical water infrastructure projects over the next two...

Entry 332185A video captured a thief in London stealing a total of 21 manhole covers from a single private street in the middle...

Entry 332275The Washington Department of Ecology has issued unprecedented and extreme water curtailments across the Yakima River Basin due to the severity...

Entry 332284A recent report on 60 Minutes revealed that Chinese hackers had successfully infiltrated the electric and water utility systems of Littleton,...