A little more than a decade ago, two veteran Irving (Texas) Water Utilities employees — David Canady and the late Dennis King —...
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News Briefs: Madison Utility Records Massive Five-Year Decline in Water Use
Entry 338300New numbers from 2019 show the biggest five-year decline in water use ever in Madison, Wisconsin. Last year, Madison Water Utility...
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'Big Tex' to Bore 5-Mile Tunnel to Alleviate Dallas Flooding
Dallas, Texas' storm sewers, designed and built in the 1930s, are no match for the dense neighborhoods of a 21st-century city. Despite...
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SAWS Evolves With New Technology
As part of one of the oldest cities west of the Mississippi River, the San Antonio Water System’s wastewater collections operation has...
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News Briefs: Weeklong Wastewater Spill Into Florida's Oleta River Now Contained
Entry 338919A 1.6 million gallon spill of untreated wastewater into Miami-Dade, Florida’s Oleta River has been contained, according to officials. The leak...
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Wastewater Utility Accommodates Community Growth
To say that Princeton, Texas, is growing is something of an understatement.
The city’s population is on track to top 16,500 people by...
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News Briefs: Former Water Employee Indicted for Embezzlement
Entry 339268A former employee of the City of Bedford (Ohio) Water Department was recently indicted for two counts of theft in office...
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Banking Stormwater Could Help Texas Manage Floods and Droughts
Massive, destructive floods such as those caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are a stark reality in Texas, but so are prolonged...
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News Briefs: Utility Worker Trapped for 6 Hours in Trench Collapse
Entry 339294A 27-year-old worker in Harris County, Texas, says being trapped for six hours in a collapsed trench was the scariest event...
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News Briefs: Report Finds 43 States Affected by PFAS
Entry 339300A recent report by the Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds that 610 locations in 43 states are contaminated with...
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Developers Fund Utility’s Infrastructure Growth
The secret to infrastructure improvement while limiting debt may be as simple as two words: impact fees.
Round Rock, neighbor of Texas capital...
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News Briefs: Zebra Mussel Solution Still 18 Months Away for Austin Water
Entry 339468A solution to Austin, Texas’ zebra mussel infestation could still be 18 months away, according to Austin Water officials.
Residents in the...
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News Briefs: Workers Uncover Wooden Water Main Dating Back to 1700s
Entry 339487Utility workers in Albany, New York, recently uncovered a wooden water main that likely dates back to the 1700s underneath the...
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Breaking the Cycle of Manhole Corrosion
When one of the state’s oldest cities is also its fastest growing, there are bound to be infrastructure issues.
Such is the case...














