2025 PE Pipe Webinar Series

Lee Baker, Oconee County Observations February 25, 2025 ***Problem With Pipe Joints Seems Likely*** Oconee County experienced two major spills in the last nine months on its major force main sewer line servicing the county’s commercial hub due to problems during installation of the pipe joints or with the pipe itself, county leaders now believe…. >> Read More

WDRB February 23, 2025 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — About 10 properties are without running water after a 16-inch water main break Sunday morning in south Louisville. According to the Louisville Water Company, the main break occurred near the intersection of 3rd and W. Kenton streets around 8:30 a.m. in the Wilder Park neighborhood.  Vehicles in… >> Read More

Ljeonida Mulabazi, DailyDot.com February 22, 2025 A chiropractor on Instagram claims that taking a 10-minute shower is the same as drinking eight glasses of chlorinated water. Daniel Pompa (@drpompahealth) posted a video warning his audience about chlorine exposure, stating that it’s not just in the water people drink but also in the water they bathe in. His… >> Read More

Lawrence Hodge, MSN.com February 23, 2025 The streets in one part of Detroit, Michigan currently look like something out of an apocalyptic climate change movie. After a massive water main broke in Southwest Detroit, vehicles all over the area were left flooded, damaged or outright totaled, some even being frozen in place. The water main broke during the… >> Read More

WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff, Local 6 News Richmond January 9, 2025 RICHMOND, Va. — The City of Richmond remains in a water crisis Thursday. Here is the latest information: There is a city-wide update scheduled for Noon on Thursday. You can watch here. Richmond Mayor Danny Avula announced the city’s water system is now fully… >> Read More

By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Zahra Hirji and Michael Smith, Insurance Journal October 18, 2024 Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with the opposite problem: too little of it. The North Fork Water Treatment Plant supplies most of the drinking water to Asheville, North Carolina, and some surrounding… >> Read More

By Joel Rose, Rolando Arrieta, NPR October 13, 2024 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At a public housing complex, volunteers knock on apartment doors offering assistance with an activity most of us take for granted. They carry 5-gallon buckets of water to flush the toilets of grateful residents like John Brown. “I appreciate the fantastic work you… >> Read More

By Daphne Psaledakis and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters October 10, 2024 The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is particularly dangerous to infants and children. The White House has made removing every… >> Read More