The Navajo Water Project, an initiative of the nonprofit organization DigDeep that was among the 2018 recipients of the U.S. Water Prize, will be the focus of IWSH’s 2018 international Community Plumbing Challenge from Oct. 22 to 26. The initiative’s goal is to help ensure that every American...

The City of Corpus Christi is facing fines of more than $12,000 following an investigation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The investigation was a result of 13 complaints made in 2015 and 2016 against the O.N. Stevens Water Treatment Plant. The enforcement matter published (Case...

The Town of Delhi is asking all water customers to participate in a cross-connection survey. The purpose of the survey is to help determine if any customers have special plumbing or activities on their premises that could increase the risk of contamination to Delhi’s water system. The Town of Delhi...

The City of Ottawa Canada has rolled out a backflow prevention program to prevent contaminated water from buildings entering the city’s public drinking water system. Under the adopted city by-law number 2013-360, the program went into effect January 1, 2018 and is scheduled to be completely implemented...

Water restrictions were in effect for 72 hours in in Taos due to a city well pump’s mechanical failure. According to a Town of Taos news release the town was undergoing a temporary water emergency and residents and businesses were forced to limit water use to prevent low water pressure throughout the town. In...

On March 21, 2018 the city of Flint received a letter from state Surface Water Treatment Engineer Robert London addressed to Flint Mayor Karen Weaver detailing ten still unresolved issues and incomplete recommendations first identified in a 2017 sanitary survey of Flint’s water system. The state environmental...