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Innovation in Chlorine Containment Eases Operator Buy-In for Secondary Containment Vessels as Reliable Leak Safety Alternative to Scrubber Systems
In a group interview, engineering and operations management in drinking water operations for the City of Houston, TX report that plant operators have been “buying in better” on use of secondary containment vessels for chlorine gas cylinders, as a reliable, lower-maintenance, enhanced leak safety alternative to wet and dry scrubber systems. In particular, they credit enhanced storage ...
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CA-NV Section AWWA Gives $16,000 in Scholarships
The California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works Association has announced the recipients of its 2016-2017 scholarship awards. Two $5000 scholarships for graduate-level education, three $2500 undergraduate scholarships and one $1000 drinking water operator scholarship were awarded to students pursuing a drinking water-related career. Scott Evan Miller, a PhD student in Environmental ...
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Top US environment agency helps communities increase water system sustainability
EPA is providing tools and timely information to help communities improve sustainability of their water systems. Two new documents that describe how EPA is carrying out efforts to help are the 'National Capacity Development Strategic Plan' and 'Analysis on the Use of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Set-Asides: Promoting Capacity Development.' EPA works with a number of partners, including ...
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AWWA webinar focuses on Ebola risks, precautions for water and wastewater personnel
With Ebola protocols developing almost daily in the public health sector, the American Water Works Association will offer a timely webinar focusing on risks and precautions for drinking water and wastewater employees. The webinar, titled Preparing for Ebola in the Water Sector, will be at 1–2 EST on Nov. 6. The webinar will include subject matter experts’ perspectives on current ...
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Lynchburg Water System operator wins EPA award for excellence
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today presented Leslie Gryder of Lynchburg, Va. with the EPA mid-Atlantic award for excellence in operating a large public drinking water system. “Public drinking water plant operators are on the front lines for preventing waterborne diseases, and protecting public health,” said EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. “Leslie Gryder ...
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EPA Announces System Partnership Solutions to Improve Public Health Protection
As part of its on-going efforts to promote sustainable water infrastructure, EPA has released a new pamphlet to assist state drinking water personnel, drinking water system owners and operators, and technical assistance providers by providing successful case studies in partnership solutions. This pamphlet was developed to highlight successful examples of one-page case studies, which will help ...
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Blanco, Texas selects Inframark to operate water services
The City of Blanco, Texas, has awarded a multi-year partnership for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure operations to Inframark LLC, an operations, maintenance, and municipal infrastructure manage company. The partnership will delegate the operations for Blanco’s water treatment and wastewater treatment plants, distribution and collection systems, and other public works functions. ...
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EPA to Improve Wastewater Infrastructure in Cabot, Ark.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the city of Cabot, Ark. $485,000 to install new wastewater treatment equipment. The upgrades will include 10,000 feet of wastewater piping that will help address sanitary sewer overflows. Wastewater management encompasses a broad range of efforts that promote effective and responsible water use, treatment and disposal. Under the Clean ...
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U.S. EPA awards Hawaii over $20 million to improve water quality, protect public health
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded the Hawaii Department of Health a $10,946,000 million grant for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and a $9,125,000 million grant for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for water pollution control and drinking water infrastructure projects. The Department of Health will use the funds to provide low-cost loans to the state’s ...
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How Mansfield, MA Is Using Newterra To Help Solve Their PFAS Problem
Check out this featured story from WCVB Channel 5 Boston on how the town of Mansfield, Massachussetts is utilizing Newterra’s Cansorb Adsorber Systems to filter PFAS out from the town’s drinking water. Using Newterra’s 5DC virgin coconut granulated activated carbon media, the Newterra Dual-Vessel Activated Carbon Systems can remove PFAS to non-detectable levels in drinking ...
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AWWA and water community urge collaboration between farmers, utilities to protect source water
As Drinking Water Week continues, the American Water Works Association and the water community across North America are urging collaboration between water utilities and farmers to protect drinking water. Nutrients from agricultural operations can wash into streams, rivers and lakes and ultimately impact drinking water supplies for communities downstream. However, farmers, water utilities and ...
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Reading Area Water Authority in Pennsylvania receives award of recognition for outstanding performance
Reading Area Water Authority has received the “Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by AWWA, EPA, and associated Partner organizations, to guide water suppliers towards improving water quality by optimizing system operations. The Reading Area Water Authority was presented this award for successfully completing the Self-Assessment and ...
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New Jersey American Water`s Jumping Brook Treatment Plant in Neptune receives directors recognition award
New Jersey American Water’s Jumping Brook Treatment Plant in Neptune, N.J., has received the “15 Year Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and associated Partner organizations to guide water suppliers toward improving water quality by ...
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City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department receives prestigious award from the Partnership for Safe Water
The City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department has received the “Directors Award of Recognition” from the Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by AWWA, EPA, and associated Partner organizations, to guide water suppliers towards improving water quality by optimizing system operations. The City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department was presented this award for successfully ...
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AWWA launches new symposium on biological drinking water treatment
The American Water Works Association today announced the launch of its newest event, the 2013 Biological Treatment Symposium, to be held March 28-29, in Denver, Colorado. Registration for the symposium is now open. The symposium will focus on biological drinking water treatment technology, operations, and monitoring strategies. The leading-edge symposium will dissect the benefits of engineered ...
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Orange Water and Sewer Authority of Chapel Hill-Carrboro, NC recognized for outstanding water distribution system performance
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) is among the first utilities in the nation to achieve the Directors Award in the Partnership for Safe Water’s Distribution System Optimization Program. OWASA serves 80,000 people in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community, the home of the University of North Carolina. OWASA’s water distribution system includes 380 miles of pipes that daily ...
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Partnership for Safe Water announces Steering Committee reappointment
The Partnership for Safe Water is pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Robert Cheng to its Steering Committee. Cheng, currently Deputy General Manager for Operations at the Long Beach Water Department, will continue to serve as the Steering Committee’s Chair and AWWA representative, a position he has held for the past three years. Cheng has previously held other key AWWA volunteer ...
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Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority receives prestigious Partnership for Safe Water award
Beaufort-Jasper Water & Sewer Authority’s (BJWSA) Purrysburg Water Treatment Plant has received the prestigious Presidents Award from the Partnership for Safe Water. The Partnership is a drinking water optimization program sponsored by American Water Works Association (AWWA), the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other water organizations, to recognize water suppliers ...
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Miramar treatment plant achieves highest level of performance
The City of San Diego’s Miramar Water Treatment Plant has received the prestigious Phase IV "Presidents Award" recognition from the Partnership for Safe Water. The Partnership program is an initiative developed by the USEPA, AWWA, and other water organizations representing water suppliers working to provide their communities with drinking water quality that surpasses the required federal ...
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Fort Collins Utilities among first in nation to receive water distribution system award
Fort Collins Utilities recently was recognized as the first utility in Colorado, and among the first in the nation, to receive the Directors Award in the Partnership for Safe Water’s Distribution System Optimization Program. “I congratulate Fort Collins Utilities for being a leader in water quality and one of the first utilities in North America to achieve this award,” said ...
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