In a positive sign for wastewater utilities and sewage system overseers, so-called "flushable" wipes might get regulated.
JWC Environmental (JWC) has been awarded the prestigious Innovative Technology Award by the Water and Environment Federation (WEF) for its Wipes Ready Technologies.
INDA, the Association of Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, recently announced the settlement of the class action lawsuit brought by the City of Perry, Iowa, in which Perry alleged damages from flushable wipes manufactured by a number of flushable wipes producers.
Washington D.C. will begin cracking down on flushable wipes next year in an effort that could lead other states to regulate the pesky products.
CDEnviro’s S:MAX G – a sludge screening system used in the pre-treatment stage in waste water treatment– is a finalist for the category of Most Innovative New Technology in the Water Industry Achievement Awards’.
JWC Environmental (JWC)and FRC Systems International (FRC) have announced the finalization of the transaction for the acquisition of FRC Systems by JWC Environmental.
Sewage problems chased students out of the classroom at a California elementary school last week, a sign of growing wastewater infrastructure challenges across the state that have made school operations difficult in many counties.
Gorman-Rupp, pump manufacturer of Mansfield, Ohio, offers NEW Eradicator™ Solids Management System for Super T Series® line ofself-priming centrifugal trash pumps. Eradicator was developed for demanding applications.
Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Nice-Pak Products, Inc., a manufacturer of wet wipes, has agreed to stop advertising moist toilet tissue as flushable unless it can substantiate that the product is safe to flush.
A Minnesota city is suing six manufacturers of so-called "flushable" personal wipes, alleging that the product is not living up to its name and instead clogging up the sewer system.
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