Online ExclusivesNews Briefs: City Nixes 'Manholes' for Gender-Neutral 'Maintenance Holes'​

News Briefs: City Nixes 'Manholes' for Gender-Neutral 'Maintenance Holes'​

Also in this week's sewer and water news, 220,000 customers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are left without water service after a subcontractor breaks a water main

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If you’re going to dismantle the patriarchy from the bottom up, that means starting with the sewers. The city council in Berkeley, California, plans to refer to manholes as “maintenance holes” as part of...

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