From the Editor
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As Lead Exceeds Limits Near Chicago, Residents Told To Avoid Tap Water
2/7/2024
A city located just 40 miles from Chicago has emerged as a new epicenter for lead contamination as residents are encouraged to avoid drinking from the tap.
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U.S. Groundwater Drying Up At ‘Rapid And Accelerating’ Rate
2/6/2024
As a warming climate intensifies drought and increasing consumption around the country stresses systems, a recent study has uncovered more bad news for the country’s drinking water supplies.
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CISA Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance For Water And Wastewater Utilities
1/31/2024
As drinking water and wastewater treatment utilities become bigger targets for high-tech criminals, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has developed new guidance on how best to prevent and react to such attacks.
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Despite Regulatory Push, U.S. EPA Finds Nutrient Pollution Isn’t Improving
1/29/2024
Despite notable efforts from industrial wastewater operations and treatment utilities alike, the U.S. EPA has seen virtually no progress on one of the country’s most pressing contamination problems.
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San Francisco Now Testing Wastewater For Fentanyl As Drug Problem Spirals
1/24/2024
One of the largest cities in the U.S., struggling to tame one of its largest drug problems, has turned to wastewater analysis for help.
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EPA Will Face Fight From Meat Industry Over New Effluent Standards
1/23/2024
As the leading environmental regulator in the country works to crack down on a notorious source of wastewater contaminants, a major industry faces the prospect of expensive compliance — and the regulating agency should be preparing for a fight.
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PepsiCo's Vision: Improving Water Wherever It Operates
1/19/2024
As Senior Director of Global Climate and Water Solutions for PepsiCo, Grant oversees a program that actually improves water conditions, rather than simply mitigating PepsiCo's own impact or embracing sustainability merely for efficiency/business benefits. In this Q&A, Grant details PepsiCo's philosophy on water stewardship, the elements of their ambitious water strategy, and the outcomes they hope to achieve.
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With Presidential Election Looming, Colorado River States Urgently Pursue New Deal
1/17/2024
The clock is ticking for the consumers who count on one of the nation’s most important, and most imperiled, water sources to figure out how they can preserve that source into the future.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Camp Lejeune Contamination Claims Heading For Court
1/16/2024
As consumers seek compensation for one of the highest-profile drinking water contamination events in recent history, it’s becoming increasingly clear that an uphill legal battle lies ahead.
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Water Trends, Now And Then
1/10/2024
Even though this edition of Water Innovations looks forward into 2024, I’d like to use this space to look back on trends within the water and wastewater industry in 2023. We’ve just begun 2024 — and we’re still in the thick of 2023’s issues, since they didn’t get resolved with the turning of the calendar. Furthermore, recent challenges inform future trends, as policy and technologies are devised and improved to confront the most pressing needs of the day.