Wastewater Management News

  1. ADS Foundation Donates To Two Government Organizations To Aid In The Recovery Of Hurricanes Helene And Milton 11/13/2024

    Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (“ADS” or the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions in the stormwater and onsite septic wastewater industries and one of the largest plastic recyclers in North America, today announced the donation of $30,000 to help in the Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton relief efforts through the ADS Foundation.

  2. Anti-Fatberg Invention Could Help Unclog City Sewers 11/13/2024

    Engineers from RMIT University have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help drastically reduce the formation of fatbergs in sewers.

  3. Rehabilitating Derby City's 150-Year-Old Old Sewer Infrastructure Puts The Community First 11/11/2024

    A Kentucky-based sewer collection system improvement project has been recognized by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) during its 2024 National Design-Build Project/Team Awards competition.

  4. NC Community Could Be Without Wastewater Services For Years Following Hurricane Helene 11/8/2024

    Weeks after Tropical Storm Helene devastated the area on September 27, 2024, officials in North Carolina’s Mitchell County continue to grapple with a significant water crisis with no end in sight.

  5. Pioneering Research Reveals Some Of The World's Least Polluting Populations Are At Much Greater Risk Of Flooding Fuelled By Climate Change 11/8/2024

    A new study has exposed for the first time how inhabitants of the smallest countries globally, contributing least to climate change, already bear the brunt of its devastating consequences and the burden is likely to worsen.

  6. UChicago Scientist Develops New Paradigm To Predict Behavior Of Atmospheric Rivers 11/4/2024

    When torrential rains and powerful winds hit densely populated coastal regions, whole cities can be destroyed—but governments and residents can take precautions with sufficient warning.

  7. 5-Year Warranty Becomes Standard At Nidec Drives 11/4/2024

    Nidec Drives, a global leader in industrial drives and automation, is launching a groundbreaking change to their warranty program. Effective immediately, customers will now receive a 5-year warranty as standard on all Control Techniques global drives, option module and keypad product lines*.

  8. Hurricane Season Puts New Storm Surge Model To The Test 11/1/2024

    Just ten days after Hurricane Helene brought storm surge to much of Florida’s west coast, a different low-pressure system began brewing in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. A few hours after its development on Saturday, October 5, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) declared it a tropical storm. By the next day, it was named Milton, and rapidly intensified into a Category 1 hurricane.  

  9. EPA And North Carolina Health Authorities Encourage Well Water Testing In Areas Affected By Hurricane Helene 10/31/2024

    Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Regional Administrator Jeaneanne Gettle joined Tim Futrelle, Mayor of Boone, N.C., Mary Penny Kelley, Secretary, N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, and Jennifer Greene, Health Director/CEO, AppHealthCare, at EPA’s mobile water laboratory in Boone, N.C. to emphasize the importance of testing water from private wells for bacterial contamination if the well was impacted by flooding from Hurricane Helene.

  10. Jefferson County, Alabama Released From Sewer System Consent Decree 10/25/2024

    After almost 30 years, Jefferson County, Alabama, has been released from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) consent decree related to its sanitary sewer collection system.