As many as 10 million U.S. households, schools and care facilities get their drinking water through lead pipes, and each pipe can...
Entries Tagged Regulations
Editorial
Don’t Normalize Deviance
In January 1986 a significant and tragic event happened that was completely preventable. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after taking...
Editorial
Going Big on Infrastructure
KC Water is in the midst of orchestrating a roughly $2.3 billion, 30-year makeover of the sewer infrastructure in Kansas City, Missouri...
Editorial
Presenting Policy Recommendations
For the second year in a row, NASSCO’s 2021 Annual Washington, D.C., Fly-In was virtual.
Held over several days, from Dec. 6-17, the...
Editorial
Water Conservation Specialists
Debra Burden is the idea person in the Water Conservation section of the Department of Water Resources in Citrus County, Florida, and...
Online Exclusives
Free Lead and Copper Rule Revisions Planning Assistance Available for Utilities
120Water — the nation’s leading solutions provider for managing lead programs — is now offering complimentary, individualized planning assistance for water utilities looking to...
Editorial
Product Spotlight - December 2021
The pump discharge check valve is an essential element in the design of water and wastewater pumping systems. The valves work to...
Editorial
Learning the Basics
Most people know that NASSCO exists to set standards for the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure. What is lesser known,...
Editorial
Light the Way to Safety
Utilities have a duty to protect employees and provide a safe work environment, but many fail to supply or specify all the...
Online Exclusives
New Criteria In Drinking Water Standard Tightens Lead Leaching Allowance For Plumbing Products
Newly published changes to NSF/ANSI/CAN 61, the drinking water product standard required in the United States and Canada, further restrict the amount...
Editorial
Taking Storms in Stride
Knox County, Tennessee, is verdant,
picturesque and a perfect illustration of
the problems that arise when stormwater collects in volume. The result is...
Editorial
Advocacy in Action
As a 501(c)(6) trade association, it is NASSCO’s responsibility to advocate for funding of underground infrastructure, to set quality standards
and to ensure...
Videos
Collections System Operations in the New Normal
We are sailing in uncharted waters. But we also have to continue the job we've been doing well for decades. Resilience is...
Online Exclusives
How Well Do You Know Wastewater Regulations?
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