San Francisco Wants To Lead The Future In Water And Wastewater Resources

Few organizations are in a better position to affect our approach to climate change than water and wastewater utilities. These groups have direct influence over how we manage some of our most critical natural resources and have a vested interest in protecting those r...
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Harvey Leaves Challenges In Texas, From Drinking Water To Rent Payments

  Harvey is finally out of the picture — but the storm's devastating effects on Houston and other parts of Texas and Louisiana are still coming into focus. As waters recede, some areas remain flooded, and there is no drinking water in Beaumont. At least 36 ...
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The Water Cycle

Earth's water is always in movement, and the natural water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water is always changing states between liquid, vapor, and ice, with these pro...
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Wastewater Treatment Water Use

We consider wastewater treatment as a water use because it is so interconnected with the other uses of water. Much of the water used by homes, industries, and businesses must be treated before it is released back to the environment.   If the term "wastewater ...
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Be Thankful for Clean Water on Thanksgiving

According to the World Health Organization, roughly 1 in 8 people do not have access to safe water. That’s around 884 million people. Though the water systems in the United States aren’t perfect, we have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. And clean water sho...
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Wastewater Treatment to Produce Oil in 3 Minutes, not 3 Million Years

Are fossil fuels a renewable or nonrenewable resource?   Well, it takes roughly 3 million years for those ‘fossils’ to break down into useable oil, so many would say that for our purposes it’s not.   That may be changing with a new technolo...
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How Higher Interest Rates Could Impact Wastewater Haulers

Low interest rates encourage spending and investment in a time when few people want to part with their money or take on risk. In response to the financial crisis in 2008, the Federal Reserve cut its interest rate (Federal Funds Rate) to virtually zero.   Thou...
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Why Wastewater Treatment Could Save the World (and Money)

The contents of municipal sewer systems don’t just include (politely speaking) digested food. Vegetable oil, animal fats, and other oils from cooking also find their way from our kitchen sinks into the sewers, where they congeal into a greasy residue called “brown g...
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Senate Passes Water Infrastructure & Wastewater Treatment Legislation

As we move toward fall, the feverish activity of the summer months is drawing down. The days are shortening and the kids are back in school. Also returning from a long summer break is the U.S. Congress, which recently made headway on an impactful piece of legislation ca...
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An Answer to New York’s Prayer for Rain?

Water, you don’t miss it until it’s in short supply.   Rainfall has been exceptionally scarce across the tri-state area for the past several months, and government officials in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are growing concerned about how the lack of ...
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