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With Asheville water nearly restored, workers focus on stabilizing leaks, breaks in system

Officials have predicted these breaks since they started fixing the system and may see more in the coming days.

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Southern California secures $26.2-million boost for water recycling initiative

“This is a huge project that will benefit not only the 19 million people of Southern California, but the entire state and Southwest,” MWD board Chair Adán Ortega, Jr., said.

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Millions in the US may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water supplies

USGS scientists are the first to report national estimates of PFAS occurrence in untreated groundwater that supplies water to public and private wells.

Jacobs to continue supporting one of California’s largest water reuse projects

New equalization basins will regulate flows to advanced water purification facility and enhances capabilit to reduce imported water use in drought-stressed region of Los Angeles.

Integrated Water Services delivers rapid relief to hurricane-ravaged town of Spruce Pine, N.C.

With the town's primary wastewater treatment plant destroyed, IWS deployed pre-engineered BluBox MBR systems to provide critical wastewater treatment capabilities.

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California voters pass Prop. 4, earmarking $3.8 billion in bonds for water projects statewide

The bond authorizes significant state borrowing to fund projects focused on water conservation, forest thinning, urban tree planting, and coastal wetland restoration.

Gloucester Township, N.J., voters reject sewer system sale to New Jersey American Water

The sale would have transferred control to the state arm of the nation’s largest investor-owned water company for $143 million.

Gardner, Mass., launches $1-million project to replace 140-year-old water main

A new 21,000-foot, 16-inch ductile iron main will connect the Crystal Lake water treatment plant to storage tanks on James Street and Reservoir Hill, providing a vital water supply link for the entire city.

New study combines woodchip bioreactors and designer biochar to tackle nutrients and pharmaceuticals in wastewater

PPCPs, even at low concentrations, pose significant risks to water quality, ecosystems, and public health due to their potential to disrupt biological processes and promote antibiotic resistance.

San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be

This case asks the court to decide whether federal regulators can issue permits that are effectively broad orders not to violate water quality standards.

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Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins: new research

Across the globe, research has found people and wildlife are exposed to microplastics mainly through eating and drinking, but also through breathing.

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Mitchell County, N.C., residents navigate water shortages and wastewater challenges after Helene

More than two weeks after the remnants of Hurricane Helene decimated western North Carolina communities, conditions are slowly improving in the region.

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