Entries Tagged Water Utility

Usually when water utility employees receive job safety training, coming face to face with a gunman doesn’t come up as a likely...

When turning on a faucet, it’s expected that clear, fresh water should flow readily into a waiting glass, but for many communities this hasn’t...

The Fargo, North Dakota, water utility had an unwelcome visitor recently.A zebra mussel showed up in the intake structure that draws raw...

Deadly floods overtook the sewers in Cannes, France, forcing the rats that made homes in those sewers to move above ground, taking...

A rural water district seized equipment from an Arkansas fire department after it said it discovered that some firefighters there were tapping...

What qualities must utility leaders have to guide transformation of their organizations? One of them is willingness to listen to team members...

A former Hobart, Indiana, lift station laborer is accused of stealing over $3,000 worth of equipment from the city — a pressure...

At most utilities, the leadership hierarchy looks like this:Shift supervisor/lead operator Assistant chief operator Chief operator Plant manager/plant superintendent Director of operations Assistant utility director Utility directorAlthough each...

Water conservation is a team effort in drought-stricken California.As water suppliers search for new ways to meet the mandatory water use reductions...

After five punishing years, drought conditions have reached critical mass in California and much of the western United States. Smart infrastructure technology...

3M and TaKaDu recently signed an agreement designed to help water utilities learn how to improve efficiency and ultimately save water. The...

Cool tap water is making a splash across southeastern Wisconsin this summer. Since making its debut during the Fourth of July weekend,...

As many U.S. communities are struggling to support growing populations with limited water resources, very few of them are utilizing water connection...

Josephina Guzman was in the wrong place at the wrong time.An underground explosion shot a nearly 300-pound manhole cover through the floor of...