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Competition to name the ‘Water Tech Revolutionary’

November 16, 2012
TEL AVIV, Israel — In a match-up of pioneering water technology companies, industry leaders from Israel and Massachusetts will team-up for the Water Export Technology (W.E.T.) Revolution Competition.
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Milwaukee Water Council wins first Growing Blue Award

November 16, 2012
CHICAGO — The Milwaukee Water Council has been selected as the inaugural winner of the Growing Blue Award. The award recognizes individuals, organizations and government entities for advancing public
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Siemens reorganizes water business, shifts focus to automation

November 13, 2012
ERLANGEN, Germany — Siemens is reorganizing its activities in the water business and intends to focus in the future on automation and drive solutions for the control of water
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Contaminated groundwater sites in U.S. could cost $127 billion to clean, report says

November 13, 2012
WASHINGTON — At least 126,000 sites across the U.S. have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation and the estimated cost of complete cleanup at these sites ranges from $110 billion
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Nanotechnology has potential to enhance water disinfection, 2012 NWRI Clarke Prize winner says

November 13, 2012
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Nanotechnology could be used to develop next-generation applications for drinking water disinfection and safe wastewater reuse, according to 2012 National Water Research Institute (NWRI) NWRI
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New AWWA guidebook aims to help water providers achieve environmental compliance

November 13, 2012
DENVER — The American Water Works Association (AWWA) has released a new publication designed to help water and wastewater utility personnel understand and comply with U.S. environmental regulations pertaining
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‘Superbug’ MRSA prevalent at several US wastewater treatment plants, researchers find

November 6, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A team led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health has found that the “superbug” methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is prevalent
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Texas city notified of drinking water contamination

November 6, 2012
SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on Thursday notified the city of San Angelo that its drinking water has elevated levels of potentially carcinogenic
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System addresses soil, water contamination in New Mexico

November 6, 2012
DALLAS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department have completed the installation of a new system to address contamination from a plume of
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Broken main spills 14 million gallons of raw sewage into Virginia waterway

November 6, 2012
SUFFOLK, Va. — More than 14 million gallons of raw sewage has spilled from a ruptured main into a tributary of the Nansemond River, WSET.com reported. According to the
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