In this week's sewer and water news, city officials in Newark, New Jersey, have announced water will be distributed to homes with lead service lines after finding out filters aren't solving the contamination issue

Also in this week's sewer and water news, New York City unveils an ad campaign to combat unflushable debris and fatbergs

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

A string of awards in recent years serves as proof this Oregon utility is raising its leaders right

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

In this week’s news briefs, Flint, Michigan, finally gets the federal aid that has been held up in Congress, and a Florida city fires its water utility director following a sewage disaster.

42 teams squared off in New Orleans to test their skills against one another, from lab work to safety emergency response.