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A squirrel or other animal may be responsible for a power outage at a Tampa, Fla., water treatment plant that prompted the city to issue a 48-hour boil water notice Friday afternoon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is fining the city of Starkville, Miss., over sanitary sewer overflows in the public collection system that occurred over a five-year period.

According to a new analysis, the global market is increasingly opening up to membrane technology as an effective means to produce high-quality effluent.

The NACWA, WERF and WEF have jointly released a document that attempts to define "the evolving environmental, economic and social roles that clean water utilities are playing in their communities."

Severn Trent Services will provide water and wastewater operations and maintenance services to Horizon Regional Municipal Utility District.

Managers of municipal water and wastewater facilities that are often unmanned and in remote locations rely on monitoring and alarm systems for prompt notification of troubling events, from low tank levels to sewer pump overflows. With the proliferation of mobile devices, there are several notification options from which users can choose.

The American Water Works Association on Sunday announced that John Donahue, general manager of the North Park (Ill.) Public Water District, has been selected as the association’s next president-elect.

The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued a notice of violation at a wastewater treatment facility, located in South San Luis Obispo County Sanitation District, Calif., following the discovery of several "areas of vulnerability" at the plant.

Southern California may soon boast the largest U.S. desalination plant that can turn water from the sea into drinking water.

Demand for large-diameter pipes for water and wastewater is set to increase over the next four years in the United States, as spending on related infrastructural projects is expected to drive sales up.