WATER INDUSTRY WIRE NEWS

DNR Requesting More Testing After Benzene Detected in Village of Jackson Well

May 24, 2013 The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:The Department of Natural Resources is requesting that West Shore Pipe Line Company and the Village of Jackson water utility increase sampling activities in the Villag...

Owners Of Unoccupied Homes Can Appeal Against Indah Water Charges

May 24, 2013

Here is the text of news released by official news agency Bernama on its website:
Owners of residences that are unoccupied but still receiving Indah Water bills can appeal for the monthly charge to be waived.

REP. NAPOLITANO CALLS FOR CONTINUED DESALINATION RESEARCH

May 24, 2013 The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Grace Napolitano:Today, at a hearing for the Subcommittee on Water and Power, Rep. Grace F. Napolitano called for support for her bill, H.R. 745, the Reauthorization of the Wa...

PILOT TRAVELS CENTERS LLC ASSESSED PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS IN STURBRIDGE

May 24, 2013 The following information was released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP):Pilot Travel Centers LLC of Knoxville, Tenn., has been assessed a $6,900 penalty by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protecti...

Peru's Ucayali govt files US$21.2mn water project for Pullcalpa

May 24, 2013

The regional government of northeastern Peru's Ucayali region has drafted a 56.7mn-sol (US$21.2mn) project to improve water and sanitation infrastructure in Pullcalpa, according to a national public investment system (SNIP) filing.

Great American Water Taste Test

May 24, 2013 National Rural Water Association annual Rural Water Rally and Great American Water Taste Test, held during the National Rural Water Association Luncheon to find the nation's best-tasting drinking waterEvent Start Date: 2014-02-10Event End Date: 20...

Ridgeline Announces New Texas Facility Installation

May 24, 2013 5,000 BPD Oil and Gas Expansion in Odessa Texas CALGARY, AB and SCOTTSDALE, AZ, May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Ridgeline Energy Services Inc. ("Ridgeline" or the "Company") (TSXV: RLE, OTCQX: RGDEF, FSE: RL7) a technology driven company operating in the w...

Romania's Apa-Canal Ilfov awards deal for water, sewage network upgrade - TED

May 24, 2013 BUCHAREST (Romania), May 23 (SeeNews) - Romanian regional water utility Apa-Canal Ilfov has awarded a 23.2 million lei ($6.9 million/5.3 million euro) deal for water and sewage network upgrades and extension, a notice in the EU's procurement journ...

Letter: Different Twist to Fluoride Plot

May 24, 2013

To the Editor:

As the unannounced votes in the Bradford, Vt., Water and Sewer Commission remind us, putting fluoride in the public's drinking water can be pretty controversial.

Washington: Most samples show no contamination detected in Algona groundwater

May 24, 2013

The State of Washington has issued the following news release:

Preliminary results from completion of an underground water-sampling project in parts of Algona show no contamination detected at most of the water-sampling locations.