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Aug 1 2018
Tough-to-access submersible pumps complicated life and increased costs for maintenance workers at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, U.K.
“Our…
Jul 30 2018
In September 2017, Hurricane Irma caused a major storm surge along the Atlantic coast of Central Florida. A 36-in. water transmission main in Cocoa,…
Jul 24 2018
The city of Dundee, Ore., is a growing community with a strong economy that boasts three wineries within the city limits and several others in the…
Jul 12 2018
The Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority (CCWSA) provides high-quality water and sewer service to more than 170,000 residents in Cherokee…
Jun 6 2018
Managing a wastewater treatment facility is a lot of responsibility. If pumps malfunction or power fails, wastewater can overflow. And if a pump…
May 31 2018
The Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority of Albuquerque, N.M. operates a 76-million-gal-per-day (rated capacity) wastewater…
May 23 2018
The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word Alyeska, meaning “great land,” and it certainly lives up to its moniker. Alaska is the largest but…
May 18 2018
Perry, Okla., is located approximately 60 miles north of Oklahoma City and serves as the county seat for Noble County. According to the U.S. Census…
May 14 2018
Located in Pierce County, Wash., the city of Gig Harbor is a local mecca for tourism boasting an expansive history in the boat-building and…
May 11 2018
Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., Loudoun Water provides drinking water and wastewater services to more than 80,000 households in…
May 10 2018
When Park City Water in Utah needed a new system for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and human-machine interface (HMI), it picked…
May 8 2018
When everything is working smoothly with a water system, whether that system is delivering potable water or removing wastewater or storm water, few…
May 3 2018
The mayor and council of Kearny, N.J., created the Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority (KMUA) in May 1988. KMUA is responsible for the collection of…
May 2 2018
Once simply a small town not far from Cleveland, the city of Avon now is one of the fastest growing communities in Northeast Ohio. The city is…
Apr 30 2018
There is iron in your well water, you are sitting on a fault line, and your soil is silty. This was the situation facing the Anna-Jonesboro Water…
Apr 30 2018
Cyanide has been used in the process of mining gold since 1887. When a dam burst at a gold mine in northwestern Romania in 2000, contaminated…
Apr 30 2018
The Fredericksburg (Pa.) Sewer & Water Authority (FSWA) owns and operates two wastewater treatment plants, five wastewater pumping stations,…
Mar 29 2018
Albion is located in south-central Michigan. Tenney Peabody, Albion’s first permanent settler, arrived in 1833. In 1835, other early settlers…
Mar 8 2018
Eight 10-by-40-ft Easi-Span all-precast concrete roof panels were erected in one day.
Precast concrete buildings have proven to be functional and…
Feb 25 2018
Salisbury-Rowan Utilities in Salisbury, N.C., prides itself on providing excellent customer service. While its commercial and industrial customers…
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Aug 14 2018
On Aug. 10, the Cayucos Sanitary District in California broke ground on a new wastewater treatment plant. The $25 million project is expected to be…
Aug 13 2018
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. EPA announced grants to three California organizations, including Tejon Ranch…
Aug 13 2018
Recent water quality tests conducted by Virginia Tech researchers found that 11 of out of 17 homes tested in the Chicago neighborhoods of Berwyn and…
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