11.12.08
Wednesday Headlines: Columbus Residents Support Rate Increase
Most speakers at a hearing on proposed water and sewer rate increases for Columbus, Ohio told the city council Tuesday night they supported the higher fees. The increase is to cover the cost of preventing overflow problems that damage creeks and rivers in the area.
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A one foot section of corroded pipe in Reno, Nevada on Monday caused a water main rupture sending thousands of gallons of water onto the roadway.
In Maryland, residents in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties can sign up for a service that will alert them via e-mail or mobile phone text message if a burst pipe has cut off water service to their home or will snarl traffic.
Aging water infrastructure and a dramatic rise in system repairs forced the city council in Stillwater, Oklahoma to take a look at the situation and find solutions Monday.
Several residents in the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Kansas recently attended a city council meeting after enduring wastewater backup problems for more than a decade.
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Gretna, Pennsylvania
Hollister, Missouri
Portage Township, Michigan
Sugarcreek, Ohio
06.12.08
Thursday Headlines: Sinkhole Shuts Down Street in Charlotte
In Charlotte, North Carolina, a sinkhole caused by a broken water pipe closed a major road while it is under repair (picture courtesy of WSOC-TV).
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One lane of traffic was shut this morning along Walnut Street in Murphysboro, Illinois so Public Works employees could replace a broken valve.
A water main break in Silver Spring, Maryland shut down a college campus and left nearby residents without water Thursday morning.
Work begins next month in Benton, Arkansas on a new five-million gallons per day expansionof the city’s wastewater treatment plant.
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Alamo, Nevada
Canton, Massachusetts
Yonkers, New York
05.05.08
Monday Headlines: Poll Shows Polluted Drinking Water Top Concern
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A second sewer plant may be on tap for the area southeast of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Leaders from the Florida Keys city of Marathon are trying to persuade federal lawmakers to help pay for an $85 million advanced wastewater installation project.
Hemet, California is seeking federal help in pursuing two ambitious water projects that could open up land for commercial and residential development and help secure long-term water supplies for the city.
In Kentucky, the Princeton Water and Wastewater Commission will use close to a million dollars in state funding to further city water and sewer projects already in progress.
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Clark County, Nevada
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Martinsville, Virginia
Worcester, Massachusetts
03.19.08
Wednesday Headlines: Sewer Line Rupture in Kansas
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A sewer line rupture in Topeka, Kansas causes a health hazard (pictured right, courtesy of The Topeka-Capital-Journal)
Residents in Grass Valley, Nevada are urged to stay out of two creeks after 500 gallons of raw sewage flowed into the waterways
For communities in Pennsylvania with limited cash flow and a desire not to raise user fees; borough and other small, rural, municipalities are plugging leaks they hope will keep aging water systems from failing
In Newburyport, Massachusetts residents would see their sewer bills rise an average of $125 per year if officials go through with a plan to fix the aging sewage treatment plant
