Entries Tagged Public Education

You can’t make more water. But the Rowland Water District makes the most of what it has. The Rowland district is comprised of...

The Prince William County (Virginia) Service Authority’s Model Water Tower Competition took on a festive feel this year thanks to a holiday-themed...

Possibly the only thing worse than a failed stormwater system is a failed plan to fix it. This is what Glenn Balliew...

Public utilities sometimes find themselves at odds with consumers — raising rates for utility service, pushing for compliance with environmental mandates, or...

People stay in certain places for all kinds of reasons. For Kathleen Cahall, it’s all about the water. But it’s not the beauty...

Almost 30,000 gallons per day — that’s how much water is saved by the leak detection team of Marin Municipal Water District. Formed...

When you flush the toilet, what happens to the waste and toilet paper? The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and California...

The Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) City Council recently passed an ordinance requiring citizens to replace the private side of lead service lines...

Technology can be daunting, but the city of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is learning to let it work for them, simplifying day-to-day...

For more than 100 years, communities in the arid, sun-drenched Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles have drawn their drinking water...

When Kathleen Cahall was a high school student in Dayton, Ohio, her advanced chemistry class focused on environmental issues including water quality....

Despite the fact that municipal workers are putting in long days to make life better for everyone, it often feels like they’re...

Everything municipal workers do is for the customers, yet often it can feel like the industry is fighting against those it serves....

The Palm Coast, Florida, wastewater collections department is getting good at dealing with “more.” More rainfall, more people, and more growth. “It seems...