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News Briefs: Major Water Main Break Closes a University and Area Businesses
Entry 338764A boil-water advisory was lifted Oct. 11 after a major water main break forced the closure of area businesses, offices and...
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News Briefs: Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600,000 in Ransom
Entry 339164The Riviera Beach (Florida) City Council has agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom after hackers used a virus to take down...
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News Briefs: Canadian Poll Shows Public Sides With Utilities on 'Flushable Wipes' Issue
Entry 339250Friends of the Earth Canada is releasing a new poll on flushable wipes. With municipal expenditures to clean up wipes estimated...
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Diving Into a Viral Campaign Against Flushing Wipes
A series of strikingly illustrative photographs from the removal of a massive pump blockage recently brought a spike of public attention to...
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News Briefs: Crews Excavate Century-Old Wooden Water Pipe in South Carolina
Entry 339614Excavation crews near Charleston, South Carolina’s water treatment plant recently dug up a 20-inch wooden water pipe estimated to be 100...
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News Briefs: Hurricane Florence Tests the Carolinas' Sewer/Water Infrastructure
Entry 339674Numerous sewer systems and treatment plants have been overwhelmed in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, as the storm tested the infrastructure...
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Model Utility Makes Plans for the Future
To the Charleston (South Carolina) Water System, the future is just as important as the past. Home of significant “firsts” in the...
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Best Advice of 2017: Nuggets of Wisdom from Nine Successful Utilities
As is typically the drill when the latter part of December arrives and a new year approaches, it’s time for some reflection....
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Reaching Across the Industry
Rebecca West has managed everything from collections systems to community involvement programs, and she knows the water iindustry.“My career has been like...
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News Briefs: Senate Passes $9B Water Infrastructure Bill
A $9 billion water infrastructure bill is onto the House after being passed by the U.S. Senate this week.According to an article...
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Tackling I&I Reduction in South Carolina
Taylors Fire and Sewer District in Taylors, South Carolina, is party to an intergovernmental agreement with Renewable Water Resources, which owns and...
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Partners Play Crucial Role in Utility’s Emergency Response
Faced with a storm event of historic proportions in early October, the City of Columbia, South Carolina, and its dedicated staff members tackled the...
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News Briefs: Manhole Cover That Killed Driver Replaced
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation replaced the manhole cover that flew off and killed a driver on Interstate 93 in Boston last...















