Wastewater Service Charges Continue To Rise
Wastewater service charges vary considerably across EPA regions and States. That’s one of the key findings from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies’ (NACWA) Cost of Clean Water Index.…
Groundwater Scarcer Than Previously Thought
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, groundwater supplies half of all drinking water to the U.S. population, nearly all of it to our rural population and over 50 billion gallons…
Climate Change Report Identifies Myriad Needs For Water Industry
The federal government recently released its fourth National Climate Assessment which focuses on the impact climate change will have on the U.S. economy over the next century. As mandated by…
Ridding The Oceans Of Plastics By 2040
Ridding The Oceans Of Plastic By 2040 Last month, The Ocean Cleanup launched its first plastics cleanup system (System 001) in an area of the Pacific between Hawaii and California…
Data Modeling Helps Detroit Avoid $500M CSO Infrastructure Investment
Data Modeling Helps Detroit Avoid $500M CSO Infrastructure Investment Five years ago, the city of Detroit, MI, filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history at an estimated $18 to…
Modern Invention Pulls Water Out Of Thin Air
Image credit: zeromasswater.com When you think about areas of the world where people have limited access to clean water, I’m guessing hot, sunny, arid climates come to mind. In an…
Say No To The Straw
It is almost too heart-breaking to watch. In the YouTube video, marine biologists from Texas A&M University extract a plastic straw from a sea turtles’ nose as the creature winces in…
Image credit: Jeff Schmaltz (NASA Earth Observatory) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxic Zone
Last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded the largest hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico since monitoring began 32 years ago. Hypoxic waters, often referred to…
