In El Paso, Texas, drought is driving the city’s water agenda. A new project, which was recently approved by the El Paso...
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Detroit Utility Lease Approved
As part of its bankruptcy recovery plan, the City of Detroit will lease out its water and sewer systems to the Great...
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News Briefs: China Experiments With GPS to Curb Manhole Cover Thefts
A new manhole cover design, complete with GPS tracking, has been created in response to an estimated 240,000 stolen manhole covers in...
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News Briefs: Body Discovered in Sewer System
A wastewater operations crew in Eugene, Oregon, was in for a morbid discovery during a routine maintenance job pumping grease and debris...
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News Briefs: Jay Z Rebuked by Denver Water in Open Letter
As the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch” — and that includes the accompanying beverages.Denver Water publicly called...
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News Briefs: Vandalism to Lift Station Project Not Covered by City's Insurance
Vandalism at a city lift station project in Waterloo, Iowa, will cost taxpayers close to $44,000.Though the city has a grant from the...
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News Briefs: Water Workers Sue Over Age Discrimination
Sixteen former employees of the Las Vegas Valley Water District have filed a civil lawsuit against the utility, claiming they were forced...
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Sinkhole Severs Sewers, Wipes Out Lift Station
Public Works officials at the City of Granbury (Texas) are surveying the damage left behind by a 45-foot-wide, 30-foot-deep sinkhole in the parking lot...
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News Briefs: Water Main Break Blamed for Disruption at Preakness
Prior to racehorse American Pharoah securing the second jewel of the Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes this past Saturday a number of...
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News Briefs: Township Salutes Water and Sewer Workers
Livingston, New Jersey, took the time to recognize the important role its municipal sewer workers play in the township. The health and...
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News Briefs: Minnesota City Sues Makers of Flushable Wipes
The City of Wyoming, Minnesota, has filed a class-action lawsuit against six makers of wet wipes, claiming the flushable wipes cause harm...
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News Briefs: Mayor Declares Infrastructure Emergency
Mayor Tony Yarber of Jackson, Mississippi, has taken initial steps to declare an infrastructure emergency on the city’s sewer system. Yarber is...
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News Briefs: It's Water Week 2015
Water professionals from across the U.S. kicked off Water Week 2015 Sunday, April 12, in Washington, D.C., with the event continuing through...
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News Briefs: California Imposes Mandatory Water Reductions
After a year of record-breaking high temperatures, drought and the worst April snowpack in recorded history, Gov. Jerry Brown on April 1...




















