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DC Water Utility Goes Underground to Divert Raw Sewage

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DC Water Utility Goes Underground to Divert Raw Sewage

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With the benefits of modern engineering, cities like Washington D.C. will soon be able to divert hundreds of millions of liters of raw sewage every day to ...

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West Virginia American Water Launches 2018 Infrastructure Upgrade Map

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West Virginia American Water Launches 2018 Infrastructure Upgrade Map

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User-friendly web-based map allows customers to see their water bills at work. West Virginia American Water customers can see their water bills at work on the ...

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First Mission ​Critical Site ​in the United ​States to Use ​Reclaimed Water

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First Mission ​Critical Site ​in the United ​States to Use ​Reclaimed Water

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A United Technologies manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs, California, officially opened the valve on a new water reclamation project — one that will ...

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Researchers Develop Model to Show How Bacteria Grow in Plumbing Systems

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Researchers Develop Model to Show How Bacteria Grow in Plumbing Systems

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Bacteria in tap water can multiply when a faucet isn’t used for a few days, such as when a house is vacant over a week’s vacation, a new study from University ...

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DC Water Delivers a Cleaner Anacostia River by Opening First Leg of Massive Tunnel System

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DC Water Delivers a Cleaner Anacostia River by Opening First Leg of Massive Tunnel System

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The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) commissioned its 7-mile-long tunnel segment that will substantially reduce combined sewer ...

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China is ​Building a Rain-​making Network ​Three Times the ​Size of Spain ​

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China is ​Building a Rain-​making Network ​Three Times the ​Size of Spain ​

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China is testing cutting-edge defence technology to develop a powerful yet relatively low-cost weather modification system to bring substantially more rain ...

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Fix a Leak Week - Program to Raise Awareness About Small Leaks

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Fix a Leak Week - Program to Raise Awareness About Small Leaks

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Stop leaks and save money with free materials and resources to help reduce the trillion-plus gallons of water lost in residential leaks every year. West ...

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Contest for ​New Ways to ​Detect Leaks in ​Buried ​Pipelines ​

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Contest for ​New Ways to ​Detect Leaks in ​Buried ​Pipelines ​

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The Bureau of Reclamation has launched a new prize competition seeking innovative methods and technologies to detect leaks and flaws in large buried ...

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Fostering Innovation Within Water Utilities

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Fostering Innovation Within Water Utilities

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Water Research Foundation and WE&RF Fostering Innovation Within Water Utilities video. The objective of this Tailored Collaboration project is to equip ...

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Break Rates for Almost Half of U.S. Water Mains Up More Than 40% in 6 Years

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Break Rates for Almost Half of U.S. Water Mains Up More Than 40% in 6 Years

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Utah State University’s (USU) Buried Structures Laboratory has published a second comprehensive study on break rates of the most commonly used water pipe ...

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Is Bigger Better? Driving Factors of Publicly Owned Treatment Works Performance

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Is Bigger Better? Driving Factors of Publicly Owned Treatment Works Performance

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Cornell scientists have assessed factors to improve, upgrade and make New York’s wastewater treatment plants more robust, according to their work published ...

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Infrastructure Project to Protect a River from Stormwater Pollution for the Next Century

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Infrastructure Project to Protect a River from Stormwater Pollution for the Next Century

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A major King County, Washington, infrastructure project will protect the Duwamish River from stormwater pollution for the next century. King County Executive ...

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Virginia Tech Leads Efforts to Develop National Water Pipeline Database

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Virginia Tech Leads Efforts to Develop National Water Pipeline Database

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Virginia Tech is leading a five-year U.S. Bureau of Reclamation-funded effort to collect data on the reliability of the nation's aging water pipelines and ...

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Ancient Engineering That Kept One of the Driest Cities Wet

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Ancient Engineering That Kept One of the Driest Cities Wet

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The ancient Nabataeans' water storage and irrigation system was a marvel of engineering. It was the biggest reason they were able to thrive in the harsh ...

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Water Utility in Europe Hit by Cryptocurrency Malware Mining Attack

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Water Utility in Europe Hit by Cryptocurrency Malware Mining Attack

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Unauthorized cryptocurrency mining attacks come to industrial control systems for the first time, as cryptojacking attacks continue to grow. Unauthorized ...

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