Here's a quick roundup of recent industry news. Track the industry's movers and shakers, learn about company acquisitions, get the skinny on new products and more.
Also in this week's sewer and water news, lawmakers introduce a bill that aims to encourage competition among suppliers of construction materials for water infrastructure projects
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Also in this week's water and wastewater news, nearly 600 former EPA officials are asking House of Representatives leadership to investigate the EPA
Educational events, festivals and open houses are slated around the country Oct. 23 for the national day of advocacy for water/wastewater infrastructure
Also in this week's sewer and water news, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy outlines a $2 billion plan to address lead contamination statewide
The Water Environment Association of Kentucky & Tennessee is now calling itself the Clean Water Professionals of Kentucky & Tennessee
At WEFTEC in Chicago this September, the EPA announced a program called the Water Workforce Initiative to help U.S. municipalities face staffing shortages in the water/wastewater sector
In this week's sewer and water news, a man from Toms River, New Jersey, is sentenced to five years in prison for lowering customers' water bills in exchange for bribes
The Senate Appropriations Committee protected the WaterSense program and increased water infrastructure funding in the FY20 Interior-EPA budget bill
Also in this week's sewer and water news, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is claiming that San Francisco's homeless camps are violating the Clean Water Act
Worker fatigue can be particularly dangerous on a construction job site. Nothing beats getting the correct amount of sleep, but there are other methods and tools that can help as well.
In this week's sewer and water news, city and state officials in Newark, New Jersey, report that the most recent tests show the thousands of lead filters distributed earlier this year are functioning as intended
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a treatment plant in Scottsdale, Arizona, is approved for direct potable reuse of water
In this Q&A, two Stanford University researchers discuss how a diversified water portfolio can meet the water needs of California heading into an uncertain future