The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded two grants totaling $2.7 million to the Water Environment and Reuse Foundation of Alexandria, Virginia, for water research...
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EPA Announces Funding for Water Reuse and Conservation Research
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3.3 million in funding to five institutions to research human and ecological health impacts associated with water reuse...
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News Briefs: Top Sewer and Water Official Resigns
Jim Good, executive director of the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, resigned March 3. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the agency has...
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Rates Key for California Water Utilities Amid Continued Conservation
California's water and sewer utilities will see weaker financial margins in fiscal 2015 and 2016 as the state's mandated conservation targets hit...
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It’s a Floating Classroom! Canoemobile Teaches Water Lessons
The stained waters of Trail Creek are typically still and often unnoticed. That stillness was broken last September as several handmade cedar...
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WaterSense 2015 Partners of the Year Recognized
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the 2015 WaterSense award winners for creating, rebating, communicating and educating consumers about WaterSense-labeled products,...
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2015 WateReuse Award Winners Announced
The WateReuse Association presented the 2015 WateReuse Award of Excellence to nine leaders in alternative water supply development during a Sept. 15 luncheon in...
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Water Agencies Team Up To Promote Conservation
Water conservation is a team effort in drought-stricken California.As water suppliers search for new ways to meet the mandatory water use reductions...
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Helping Water Utilities Conserve and Be More Efficient
3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities learn how to improve efficiency and ultimately save water. The...
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Water Conservation Is All In The Game
Gamefication — the use of game mechanics in non-game contexts — has been used in everything from encouraging consumer buy-in to crafting...
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What's Blue, Round and Popular At Water Events?
Standing a little over 7 feet from the bottom of his aqua-colored Chucks to the tip of his dewdrop cowlick, the American...
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Water Suppliers Wrestle with Decreased Sales
The ongoing California drought has led to an apparent paradox for water utilities and agencies throughout the state: Water conservation reduces revenue.Based...
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News Briefs: Vandalism to Lift Station Project Not Covered by City's Insurance
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...
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WEF Opens Registration for Great Water Cities Series
Registration is now open for the next installment of the Water Environment Federation’s Great Water Cities dialogue series. Great Water Cities: Collaborating...
















