Columbia County (Georgia) Water Utility sent over 4,000 gallons of potable water to neighboring communities, including United States Army base Fort Gordon outside...
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News Briefs: Flint Seeks Loan Forgiveness to Replace Lead Pipes
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee is pursuing forgiveness of nearly $21 million in past loans owed by the City of Flint, Michigan, for...
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Storm-Ravaged Columbia Continues Recovery Efforts
The historic rain event that hit the East Coast in early October has left some areas continuing to deal with immediate recovery...
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News Briefs: Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Third Louisiana Water System
Naegleria fowleri, also called “brain-eating amoeba,” has been found in a third Louisiana water system. The Terrebonne Parish utility district issued a...
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UCLA Seeks $13 Million in Damages After Water Main Break
Last year, a water main break on Sunset Boulevard spewed 20 million gallons of water into the surrounding community and caused major...
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News Briefs: Water Main Break Blamed for Disruption at Preakness
Prior to racehorse American Pharoah securing the second jewel of the Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes this past Saturday a number of...
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News Briefs: Mayor Declares Infrastructure Emergency
Mayor Tony Yarber of Jackson, Mississippi, has taken initial steps to declare an infrastructure emergency on the city’s sewer system. Yarber is...
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Divers Repair 30-Inch Water Main Under River
A story from KGW.com this week features the Portland Water Bureau, which hired divers to go inside a 30-inch pipe underneath the...
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News Briefs: Did Aging Pipeline Cause Deadly Explosion?
Madlyn Mecca, 86, died last week in a natural gas explosion that leveled her house in Dunmore, Pa., and caused significant damage...
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Utility Worker Shares Work-Zone Accident Story
It’s winter here in the Midwest, and we’ve been trapped in a pocket of January-like weather for the past couple of weeks....
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News Briefs: Concrete Clogs Sewer; City Searches for Culprit
An emergency sewer project in Seattle — caused when concrete from a nearby construction project entered the sewer system — will take...
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Wooden Pipe: A Trip Down Underground Memory Lane
While thousands of new and innovative products aimed at improving water and wastewater infrastructure hit the market every year, it’s also important...
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News Briefs: Funeral Home Keeps Stormwater Out
The Burns Funeral Home in Hobart, Ill., is taking stormwater management seriously. Owner Jim Burns recently installed a waterfall and mini-stream near...
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News Briefs: Bus Sinks, Broken Water Main Gets the Blame
In Tempe, Ariz., people are still talking about the Valley Metro bus that got stuck in a sinkhole. And now, city officials...

















