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A former vacuum truck operator pleads guilty to dumping oil in a storm drain after cleaning his swimming pool

Water authority will buy and test three specially designed pumps before investing in the 34 pumps needed to run massive pump station

In this week's news, a water utility employee is released from the hospital after being shot in the face, and Grand Rapids breaks ground on a new stormwater storage facility

In this week's news, a municipal worker is accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of city equipment, a massive stormwater project was completed in Ohio, and a California city taps public pool water to clean sewers.

Despite warnings, victims were 'caught off guard' as their vehicles were washed several hundred yards downstream

Two municipalities in the Midwest have successfully reduced their combined sewer overflows well ahead of state and federal mandates

In this week's news briefs, Dallas Water Utilities employees stop a robbery, crews in Detroit make a gruesome discovery, and Santa Clara commissions a new SCADA system ahead of Super Bowl 50

Three men arrested after New York police spend four hours searching for suspects in sewer system

In this week's news, a court rules in favor of a municipal worker's widow, syringes continue to be found at a North Carolina pump station, and LADWP fires back at FOX News

Law enforcement is working with the local wastewater department to track down those responsible for creating hazards in Tucson’s roadways

Heavy rain causes trouble in paradise as Waikiki beaches close

Four-year-old sinkhole in East Detroit stocked with bluegill, goldfish and carp

In this week's news, a third Louisiana water system tests positive for brain-eating amoebas, new groundwater data reveals some unsettling news for California, and a water main break wreaks havoc in Wisconsin's capital.

In this week’s news, aging brick pipelines are creating headaches in Georgia’s oldest city, Detroit gets $8.9 million for green infrastructure, and LA deploys shade balls in its ongoing battle against drought