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