Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Texas Water Development Board recently...
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North Texas Water Suppliers Honored for Cooperation, Planning
The Integrated Pipeline Project, a 150-mile-long water transmission system being built by two North Texas water suppliers, recently received the Institute for Sustainable...
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Headfirst Plunge By Utility Worker Goes Viral
As is usually the case when something goes viral, that wasn’t Andrea Adams intention when she recently snapped a photo of a...
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Texas Water Utility Joins Fight Against Zika Virus
Mosquito control is nothing new to many cities, especially across the South, but the threat of the Zika virus is raising the...
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News Briefs: Water Workers Honored for Locating Missing Woman
The Arlington (Texas) Police and Fire Department recently honored three Arlington Water Utilities Department employees for going beyond the call of duty....
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News Briefs: Human Remains Cause Sewer Blockage
The Phoenix Police Department continues to investigate how human remains ended up in a sewer system in the Paceo Point subdivision, where...
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News Briefs: Flash Flooding Washes Away Sewer Pipes
“In 40 years, I’ve never seen anything like this.”That was the reaction of Sterling Excavation project superintendent Danny Piles after flooding in...
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News Briefs: Chicago Breaks Ground on $55 Million Stormwater Tunnel
The water level in Lake Mead — the nation’s largest reservoir that serves about 20 million residents in Nevada, Arizona and California...
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News Briefs: Toxic Sediment Threatens Cleveland’s Drinking Water
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a large mass of toxic sediment lying on the floor of Lake Erie about 9 miles offshore...
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News Briefs: FBI Investigating Former Water District Employee
The Las Vegas Valley Water District confirmed to the Las Vegas Review-Journal that former purchasing analyst Jennifer McCain-Bray is under FBI investigation....
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News Briefs: Sewer Worker, Driver Killed in Crash
A sewer worker and a driver were both killed in a traffic accident in Porter, Texas, on April 26. Paul Mackedanz, 23, was...
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News Briefs: Municipal Water Worker Murdered
A municipal water worker in South Africa was murdered March 28 after responding to a customer complaint of a blocked sewer line....
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News Briefs: Sewer Worker Dies After Falling Into Manhole
A 65-year-old worker died earlier this month after falling 50 feet into an open manhole. The man was part of a crew...
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Tap Water Turns Black in Texas Town Embroiled in Scandal
Residents of Crystal City, Texas — which was in the headlines earlier this month when the FBI arrested most of the town’s top...




















