Matt Vasilogambros and Kevin Hardy, Missouri Independent FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — After an Orange County resident flushes her toilet, the water flows through the Southern California community’s sewer system, meanders its way to the sanitation plant, has its solids removed, is piped to a wastewater recycling facility next door and undergoes three different purification processes until it… >> Read More
Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law The EPA’s goal to replace all lead drinking water pipes in the US within 10 years is ambitious and furthers environmental justice, water attorneys and environmental groups say, but some former agency officials worry the goal may be too costly to meet. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced its proposed Lead… >> Read More
By Pooja Salhotra and Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune ZAVALLA — Tom Bailey had just finished his morning routine of checking the town’s three water well sites when he got a call from a resident: Water was coming out of the road. Bailey, public works director for this small, East Texas town, hopped in his pickup… >> Read More
A sewer pipe manufacturer has sued Buckeye over allowing the developer of the largest master-planned community in Arizona to use a different material, alleging the city broke its own laws by granting an exception for the project. At issue in the case is whether city building codes mandate clay sewer pipes or allow for durable… >> Read More
A sewer pipe manufacturer has sued Buckeye over allowing the developer of the largest master-planned community in Arizona to use a different material, alleging the city broke its own laws by granting an exception for the project. At issue in the case is whether city building codes mandate clay sewer pipes or allow for durable… >> Read More