Entries Tagged Public Education

Massive sewer accumulations of fats, oils and grease are on the rise. The system impact of FOG is greatly exacerbated by a...

Philadelphia has a significant combined sewer overflow problem. To solve the problem, the Philadelphia Water Department came up with a solution so...

From energy to drinking water, sanitary sewers to stormwater management, the city of Prince George (British Columbia) Utilities Division does it all...

At the same recent event in Salt Lake City, during which David Ross — the Environmental Protection Agency’s assistant administrator for water...

Shorewood Water Works may be old, but that doesn’t discourage the staff from doing everything they can to make the system current...

The yard on the north side of my house has been a barren stretch of dirt for years. Every spring I loosen...

Get the EDge  Training and Continuing Education Courses This past June I was fortunate to attend my very first SkillsUSA National Leadership and...

Fountain Hills Sanitary District deserves all the credit for reusing “every drop” of wastewater it collects from its 15,000 sewer connections. A...

There’s nothing all that exciting about a toilet. But 17,126 toilets? That’s another story. In 2009, Madison Water Utility began offering customers $100...

You won’t find a treatment plant at the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. You will find a highly dedicated operations team that...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the winners of its seventh annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a national competition that engages college students...

The wastewater infrastructure system in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is undergoing a massive makeover, mostly in an effort to boost the system’s ability to...

Everything costs money. We pay for everything we own, use and consume. We don’t bat an eye at the cost of some...

America’s aging sewer and water infrastructure is no secret, and neither is the emerging problem of lead contamination in drinking water. As...