11.12.08

Wednesday Headlines: Columbus Residents Support Rate Increase

Posted in Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania at 12:48 pm by bengann

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

Posted in Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Carolina at 8:36 pm by bengann

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

Posted in California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Virginia at 10:48 am by bengann

03.19.08

Wednesday Headlines: Sewer Line Rupture in Kansas

Posted in Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Pennsylvania at 12:01 pm by bengann

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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