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Rural residents benefit from key interstate partnerships, great timing
When you open the tap on the kitchen sink, you expect to be able to fill your empty glass with cool, refreshing, clean water. Few of us give much thought to where that water came from or how it got there.
Thankfully, water districts and municipalities pay close attention to the… [Read More]
Rural Water System Improvements Prove to be Influencer in New Elementary School
The village of Bladen consistently dealt with issues of coliform violations but worked hard and successfully to keep the problem manageable. The water storage, a 1911 elevated tank, was in need of painting and resurfacing of the interior and exterior along with sanitary… [Read More]
Water System Improvements for the Village of Homer
The village of Homer, is a small town in Northeast Nebraska located in Dakota County. The village was experiencing unaccounted for water reaching nearly 17 percent of the water pumped throughout the system. Residents in part of the town were not receiving adequate water… [Read More]
Improved Water Service quality for residents in Charlotte County
The residents of Charlotte Harbor CDP and Harbour Heights CDP in Charlotte County, Florida have been suffering from constant interruptions to their water service, boil water notices, and exposure to contamination due to the constant repairs of aged steel pipes.
Additionally,… [Read More]
USDA funds water project to install a granular activated carbon filtration system to improve Apalachicola's Water Treatment Plant
The City of Apalachicola’s drinking water was out of compliance for Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM), a by-product of the chlorine disinfection process. Even though, Trihalomethanes are among the most widespread organic contaminants in drinking water today, they do pose disturbing… [Read More]
Saluda County Water and Sewer Authority Celebrates Grand Opening of Their $20 Million Water Treatment Plant
On August 28, 2019, Saluda County Water and Sewer Authority celebrated the grand opening of their new water treatment plant. The new facility will provide four million gallons per day of treated water to Saluda County and can be expanded to treat six million gallons per day.… [Read More]
Bringing Clean, Drinkable Water Back to Shelby
How would you feel if your Village needed to provide clean and safe drinking water to its 284 residential and 31 non-residential water connections; and you didn’t know where or how to correct the problem? Shelby’s water source contained high levels of arsenic that exceeded the… [Read More]
Dependable, Clean Water Strengthens Village Infrastructure
The Village of Harrison found itself with an aged water infrastructure. Nitrates were too high and did not meet the State Water Drinking Act. Water mains were 40-50 years old, leaking, breaking, and were either cast-iron or galvanized pipe. Water meters had outlived their… [Read More]
Developing New Markets for Waste
In 2004, Joel and Jean Garland began operating a value added wood products business. In little more than a decade that sawmill has adapted, innovated, persisted, and advanced, all while remaining grounded in the small rural community of Lillie, Louisiana.
Joel identified… [Read More]
Energy Efficient Sewer Treatment Coupled with Environmental Balance
The Milton Regional Sewer Authority (MRSA) needed to improve and expand their existing sewer treatment plant. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) mandated that all communities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed comply with new lower standards for release… [Read More]