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Also in this week's sewer and water news, two high-level pumping staff members go AWOL during a power crisis in New Orleans

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a naked man is rescued from a lift station in West Monroe, Louisiana

In this week's sewer and water news, the City of Minneapolis passes an ordinance allowing utilities to charge property owners and businesses for the costs associated with grease clogs in city-owned sewer pipes

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a 28-year-old worker is dead after a fall from a water tower

Also in this week's sewer and water news, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi promises 'transformational investment' in America's infrastructure

Also in this week's sewer and water news, Ohio EPA regulations are changing how water systems notify property owners when replacing lead service lines

In other sewer and water news, a recent report shows 1.4 million people in the United States had their water service shut off in 2016

Also in this week's sewer and water news, the Kansas City (Missouri) Water Department looks for the culprit that broke its sewer main

Also in this week's sewer and water news, a utility's water payment system is hacked, forcing customers to replace their credit cards

In this week's sewer and water news, the town of Dalton, Wisconsin, will abandon its public water service; and a stationary engineer in New York clocks 1,992 hours of overtime in a single year

In this week's sewer and water news, 97 percent of the population of Puerto Rico gets water from a system that has failed Lead & Copper Rule tests; and hurricane floodwaters overwhelm hog farms and ash dumps in North Carolina

In this week's sewer and water news, Hurricane Florence is causing problems for sewer systems and treatment plants in the Carolinas

Also in this week's sewer and water news, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is considering a private partnership to alleviate the strain of $2 billion in necessary infrastructure upgrades

In this week's sewer and water news, thieves are stealing manhole covers and stormwater grates and scrapping them for cash in Cincinnati, Ohio; and a sewer worker is credited for helping secure the Bank of England's 400,000 gold bars