The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's new bachelor's degree in water science underscores the region’s important role in addressing water quality issues

Also in this week's sewer and water news, an infestation of zebra mussels in a raw water pipe is causing foul-smelling water in Austin, Texas

Also, watch a video of a boy dropping fireworks into a sewer and causing a huge explosion, narrowly escaping injury

City hits water conservation and sustainability goal set in 2006

Also in this week's sewer and water news, residents are evacuated from a Los Angeles neighborhood after a century-old water main ruptures

In this week's sewer and water news, the town of Dalton, Wisconsin, will abandon its public water service; and a stationary engineer in New York clocks 1,992 hours of overtime in a single year

In this week's sewer and water news, Hurricane Florence is causing problems for sewer systems and treatment plants in the Carolinas

As part of a youth internship program at Madison (Wisconsin) Water Utility, three students joined the team for hands-on training this summer

Also in this week's sewer and water news, more than 290 million gallons of combined sewer water overflows during a heavy rain event in Milwaukee