Wastewater

Water costs on the rise

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:00 +0000

As costs rise, care must be taken to ensure the future of municipal water

Eugene, Ore., and San Diego, Calif., are going green

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:26:00 +0000

Eugene, Ore., and San Diego, Calif., are implementing methods - some more traditional than others - to preserve the environment.

Public utility puts waste product to work

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:31:00 +0000

In El Paso, Texas, biogas is helping power wastewater plants.

San Francisco raises the bar for green government buildings (with related video)

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:56:00 +0000

The city’s newest office building aims for LEED-Platinum

Building the world's first buoyant gravity sewer - Lake Oswego, Ore.

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:21:00 +0000

Lake Oswego, Ore., replaced an undersized, seismically vulnerable interceptor sewer in a popular lake with a nearly 2-mile-long buoyant pipeline held beneath the surface by flexible wire rope tethers.

Innovative wastewater pipe resolves lake's environmental problems (with related video)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:49:00 +0000

Rebuilt system features buoyant pipe in popular lake

EPA issues new Clean Water framework

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:24:00 +0000

It offers guidance for municipalities to control wastewater and stormwater pollution

Viewpoint: Stop wasting energy while treating wastewater

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:00 +0000

By Justin Rundle — How to reduce energy costs at wastewater treatment plants

Viewpoints

City amps up energy savings with solar

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:25:00 +0000

Solar panels generate on-site power for wastewater plant

Sewer Samaritans: Workers return lost jewelry

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:28:00 +0000

They retrieve a diamond ring and a gold necklace from the city's waste

Governments' Lighter Side