The Hanover Township, Pa., Public Works Department tackled a major stormwater management project. They used precast pipe to remedy the situation....More
Historic flooding in San Jose, Calif., has city officials scrambling to organize and carry out recovery efforts while struggling to answer questions on public safety and preparedness in the city....More
About 188,000 people near Oroville, Calif. were told to evacuate northern California on Sunday after a hole in the Oroville Dam's emergency spillway threatened the area with major flooding....More
Following heavy flooding this past June, the water treatment plant in Cisco, Texas, was unable to operate. Cisco city officials chose Pall Water's Aria FAST containerized mobile membrane system to quickly provide drinking water to residents....More
Five U.S. cities will receive $150,000 each to serve as pilot communities in a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stormwater management initiative....More
Draper Alan Associates Environmental Team Leader Kenneth Bannister discusses how to find large groundwater supplies to facilitate access to a stable and clean water supply....More
In cities across the country, residents are complaining about a negative change in their water's taste. Some city officials are adjusting their water treatment processes, while officials in other cities are saying the taste change is a natural occurrence in the summer....More
Cities and counties have found success in using rain gardens as a means of effective stormwater management while also installing additional green space in their areas....More
The wastewater treatment plant in Fredericksburg, Iowa, has replaced the two original centrifugal blowers in the plant with two energy-efficient Aerzen turbo blowers....More
A remote-controlled Brokk 400 machine is helping to reduce combined sewer overflows, improve water quality in local rivers and support flood protection in Washington, D.C....More
A new report from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has shown that over 5,000 water systems that serve 18 million Americans are in violation of a federal law....More
From porous pavement to baffle boxes, cities across the U.S. are employing different methods for mitigating stormwater's effects on their areas....More
Flooding from Tropical Storm Colin recently inundated St. Petersburg, Fla.’s sewer system, forcing the city to push millions of gallons of partially treated wastewater into Tampa Bay....More
Product liability and environmental litigator Belynda Reck explains how municipalities can manage their water systems to avoid water contamination while reducing the costs of doing so....More