Entries Tagged Washington

A project to build a rainwater storage tank has uncovered early-American history. About 2,600 artifacts dating back to as far as the 1700s...

In Washington state, researchers hope to glean a little information about pot use by studying wastewater in two separate cities. The pilot...

Vandalism at a city lift station project in Waterloo, Iowa, will cost taxpayers close to $44,000.Though the city has a grant from the...

A study of pathogen risks for those who work in the onsite wastewater industry has some interesting implications for those who work...

An emergency sewer project in Seattle — caused when concrete from a nearby construction project entered the sewer system — will take...

In the book All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper, James tosses a candy wrapper to the curb.“Hey, what are...

Listen to it once, and you’ll be humming the wastewater-themed Macklemore parody often. It’s an earworm, all right — a catchy little...

Well, here’s something you don’t see every day.While performing a CCTV inspection, a contractor for Wenatchee, Wash., spotted a nest of snakes...

Damaged infrastructure. Water-quality concerns. Sewage backups. The results of combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows and excess stormwater runoff can cause permanent...

Spend some time around Tacoma Water, and you might not hear the word “maintenance” very much.It’s not that the utility serving the...

In the early 1970s, local lakes in Pierce County, Wash., began experiencing water-quality problems. The area faced a moratorium on building, but...

Like many cities, Seattle, Wash., has had its share of problems with combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). In...